{"id":420833,"date":"2026-01-10T20:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=420833"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:42:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:42:39","slug":"storm-goretti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=420833","title":{"rendered":"Storm Goretti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Storm Goretti is the first named storm of 2026 in Europe, officially named by M\u00e9t\u00e9o- France (the French meteorological service).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Storm Goretti has been making the headlines this morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the BBC\u2019s summary late last night:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Snow has been the main problem, though the tip of Cornwall suffered from strong winds:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Scillies bore the brunt of them, as the strongest band of winds stayed offshore, but in terms of the mainland, wind gusts were in the 70 to 90 mph range, 60 to 78 kts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To put Goretti into perspective, we only have to look at the infamous Burns Day Storm in January 1990:<\/p>\n\n\n

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These are all the locations with more than 60 kt winds. Down in Cornwall, they hit 93 kts, which is 107 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC2 News reported two days later:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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