{"id":281031,"date":"2023-09-29T11:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T09:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281031"},"modified":"2023-09-29T11:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T09:57:36","slug":"storm-agnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281031","title":{"rendered":"Storm Agnes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The fierce Storm Agnes is on her way to the UK\u00a0(Image: WXCHARTS\/Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Storm Agnes is yet another one that failed to live up to the hyperbole beforehand, with the media publishing all sorts of bloodcurdling nonsense, fanned by the Met Office warnings. The Express, for instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/weather\/1816375\/storm-agnes-live-warning-met-office-forecast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The media, of course, loves all of this, because it attracts readers\u2019 attention, but you cannot blame them when the Met Office has been equally guilty of fanning the flames:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/about-us\/press-office\/news\/weather-and-climate\/2023\/autumnal-weather<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual, the Met Office found its 80 mph gust, this time at Capel Curig, half way up a mountain in Snowdonia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/search\/53.094+-3.94\/@53.09566603,-3.94197926,200.60420227a,0d,80.54690393y,199.82224702h,83.3622888t,0r\/data=CigiJgokCfFEnBF95UNAEYOwrj0o5UNAGU4Hsp6lNyNAIfbMI1r5NSNAIhoKFjY1NXVIMWRkQjFYaGF0dnVRUk5URUEQAg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capel Curig is only a few miles from Conwy on the coast. There sustained winds were only a breezy 14 mph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/weather\/@2652426\/historic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At nearby Rhyl, the Met Office could only find maximum gusts of 34 kts, (39 mph):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/weather\/observations\/gcmr0gu3s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, the Met Office prefers spin to responsible weather forecasting.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Storm Agnes is yet another one that failed to live up to the hyperbole beforehand, with the media publishing all sorts of bloodcurdling nonsense, fanned by the Met Office warnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":281043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691823085,691818808,691823084],"class_list":{"0":"post-281031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-hyperbole","9":"tag-met-office","10":"tag-storm-agnes","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0UK-weather-4976592.jpg?fit=1200%2C712&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1b6L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":282104,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282104","url_meta":{"origin":281031,"position":0},"title":"Storm Agnes In\u00a0Pembrokeshire","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood In yesterday\u2019s post, this comment was left about Storm Agnes. 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