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The Met Office uses a wide variety of media in order to inform the public of any warnings that have been issued. Television and radio are still the main way that people keep up-to-date with the weather so the Met Office uses the weather broadcasts on terrestrial television and radio stations to highlight significant weather warnings.
The Met Office said: “The strongest winds are expected across the far north of Scotland on Saturday afternoon and evening, with the potential for gusts in excess of 80mph in coastal districts ...
In 1911, the Met Office began issuing marine weather forecasts which included gale and storm warnings via radio transmission for areas around Great Britain. This service was discontinued during and following the First World War , between 1914 and June 1921, and again during the Second World War between 1939 and 1945.
The National Weather Service issues a similar high wind warning (Specific Area Message Encoding code: HWW) for high winds on land. The criteria vary from place to place; however, in most cases, the warning applies to winds of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) to 73 miles per hour (117 km/h) for at least 1 hour; or any gusts of 58 miles per hour (93 km/h) to 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) on land.
Several weather warnings have been issued across the UK as fresh ice and 75mph winds are set to hit the country.. The Met Office has put in place two yellow weather alerts in parts of the country ...
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The Met Office and other weather services have three colour coded warning levels: Yellow: Be aware. Possible travel delays, or the disruption of your day-to-day activities. Amber: Be prepared. Could cause road and rail closures, interruption to power, and the potential risk to life and property. Red: Take action. Widespread damage, travel and ...
In Canada, a severe thunderstorm is defined as having wind gusts of greater than 90 km/h (56 mph), hail with a diameter of greater than two centimetres (0.79 in), rainfall rates of greater than 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in one hour or greater than 75 millimetres (3.0 in) in three hours, or tornadoes. [14]