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Storm Darragh (known as Storm Xaveria in Germany) [1] was a powerful extratropical cyclone which severely impacted Ireland and the United Kingdom in December 2024. The fourth named (using the western group naming list) storm of the 2024–25 European windstorm season , Darragh was named by the UK Met Office on 5 December 2024.
December 7, 2024 at 8:14 PM. Winds reaching more than 90mph have left tens of thousands of homes without power across Wales and the west of England as Storm Darragh lashed the UK.
On April 4, 2024, Colorado State University (CSU) released its forecast, calling for an extremely active hurricane season, with 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes and five major hurricanes, with an ACE index of 210 units, citing the extremely warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures and the development of a La Niña by the summer. [6]
A record number of hurricanes and named storms are predicted for the Atlantic in 2024 and officials are urging people to be prepared. 2024 NOAA hurricane season forecast predicts highest number of ...
NOAA expects the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season to be active. The most recent NOAA forecast said that forecasters reported 70% confidence in the following numbers for this year: A range of 17-25 ...
Hurricane Kirk at its peak intensity over the central North Atlantic Ocean on the morning of 4 October. Ex-Hurricane Kirk initially developed on 29 September 2024 off the Cabo Verde islands and was named the next day by the National Hurricane Centre. [52] Kirk affected Europe from 8 October, a day after becoming an extratropical cyclone.
While track predictions have showed consistent improvement, intensity had floundered, stagnating through the '70s, '80s, '90s and early 2000s.
By convention, meteorologists use one time zone when issuing forecasts and making observations: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and also use the 24-hour clock (where 00:00 = midnight UTC). [4] The National Hurricane Center uses both UTC and the time zone where the center of the tropical cyclone is currently located.