As it draws closer, and the likelihood of the forecast being accurate increases, then the alert stage increases to orange,” the post reads.Another storm, called Dennis and nicknamed “Dennis the Menace” in the media, is expected to bring strong winds to the British Isles on Saturday. Now, there is.Dennis is shaping up in the Western Atlantic Ocean and is expected to only get stronger by tomorrow. This historic storm broke apart the super oil tanker Braer on a rocky shoal in the Shetland Islands, causing a massive oil spill, Burt noted.The middle of February is typically the peak of winter storm season in the North Atlantic, and Storm Dennis certainly fit right in.Aside from the impressively low surface pressure forecast for Storm Dennis, there were a couple of other fascinating aspects to this.First of all, the jet stream disturbance responsible for the development of Dennis was the same one that brought,Another fascinating aspect to meteorologists was Storm Dennis's interaction with another strong North Atlantic low that preceded it and hammered Iceland last Thursday into early Friday. Storm Dennis to batter Iceland, United Kingdom, heavy rains, strong winds during weekend | Skymet Weather Services Storm Dennis is expected to give heavy rains and strong winds over 90 mph in Ireland and the United Kingdom on Sunday. The grounds are already saturated, and more rains will bring in flooding over some parts of the nation. ).As Dennis intensified, it tracked close enough to the first strong Atlantic low to perform a meteorological dance known as the Fujiwhara effect.Named for Dr. Sakuhei Fujiwhara, the meteorologist who first described the phenomenon in 1921, this effect is the rotation of two weather systems around each other in close distance.In this case, Dennis and the first storm completed a counterclockwise dance for a time, before the lows merged south of Iceland.Hurricane-force winds were recorded in the first, unnamed storm system in Iceland last Friday.Winds along the southern coast of Iceland gusted from 80 to 90 mph Friday and peaked at 95 mph in northwestern Iceland. (We have more details on that first Icelandic storm below. The grounds are already saturated, and more rains will bring in flooding over some parts of the nation.Waves around 40-50 feet are expected west of British Isles as the storm moves through the region. We apologize for that. Parts of Iceland could even see hurricane force winds.Dennis is expected to give heavy rains and strong winds over 90 mph in Ireland and the United Kingdom on Sunday. The behemoth's pressure dropped to 920 millibars near Iceland … Australia Smashed Its Hottest Day on Record Two Days in a Row; Catastrophic Fire Danger For Sydney Saturday.Storm Dennis lashed the United Kingdom with flooding rain, high winds and battering waves after becoming one of the strongest North Atlantic bomb cyclones on record.Sunday morning, just under 600 flood alerts and warnings were in effect in England, the,Dennis prompted the U.K. Met Office to issue rare,Among the hardest-hit areas was along the River Taff in Pontypridd, about 10 miles northwest of the Welsh capital of Cardiff, where photos and video showed the river had topped its banks early Sunday. The lower the pressure, the more intense the storm.The all-time-lowest pressure on record for a North Atlantic storm was 913 millibars set in January 1993 near Scotland's Shetland Islands. It was preceded by another intense bomb cyclone, which battered Iceland … In the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, winds gusted up to 70 mph Friday.Late Thursday night, a satellite estimated a.This storm battering Iceland became a bomb cyclone, with a pressure drop of 67 millibars in 48 hours from an area of low pressure off Nova Scotia just after midnight EST Wednesday morning to a 929-millibar beast near Iceland early Friday morning, according to analyses from NOAA's Ocean Prediction Center.We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. As the storm began lashing Iceland on Friday, it stirred up terrifying surf, with some swells in the North Atlantic reaching as high as 64 feet over the open ocean. Take control of your data:© Copyright TWC Product and Technology LLC 2014.A police officer in Ohio rescues a puppy trapped in a hot car and it’s all caught on body cam.Data from Weather Underground weather historian Christopher Burt and British weather historian Stephen Burt.Infrared satellite loop from Feb. 13-15, 2020, indicates the twin North Atlantic storms. Just a week before, Storm Ciara had unleashed fury over many parts of the United Kingdom and resulted in heavy rains, snow and windy conditions. Wind gusts will be seen over cities of Manchester, Dublin, London and Birmingham. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM.second-most-intense winter storm in the North Atlantic.Storm Dennis is hammering Ireland and the U.K. with heavy rain and high winds.Parts of Wales were inundated by severe flooding.Almost 600 flood alerts and warnings were issued in the U.K. Sunday morning.Dennis is a bomb cyclone and rivals the most intense North Atlantic storms in terms of lowest sea-level pressure.It was preceded by another intense bomb cyclone, which battered Iceland with high winds last Friday. It may not be Dennis, but a menace it is.Wednesday's Star: "Dennis the menace on warpath".The wind speed forecast for 10 am on Friday. Flooding was also reported along the river in parts of,Winds gusted as high as 108 mph in Hellisskarð, Iceland, 105 mph over the Scottish highlands, 91 mph in the Welsh town of Aberdaron and 83 mph in.If that wasn't enough, thunderstorms in parts of Ireland Sunday afternoon dumped accumulating marble-sized hail.Dennis's central pressure plunged 84 millibars in 54 hours, to a low of 920 millibars by Saturday, according to analyses from NOAA's Ocean Prediction Center, easily satisfying the criterion for a bomb cyclone. The second storm, Storm Dennis, is denoted by a bold red "D.".The Weather Company’s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. This report erroneously called the storm expected in Iceland Friday by that name. It may not be Dennis, but a menace it is.