Waves as high as 4 residential floors.. Storm Herminia hits Ireland and the United Kingdom with rain and strong winds

Arab Weather - The latest satellite images from the Arab Weather Regional Center indicate a huge Atlantic storm affecting western Europe, especially Ireland and the United Kingdom, called Herminia, accompanied by a huge air front extending from Ireland and the United Kingdom towards Portugal and France, bringing heavy rain and snowfall.

Atlantic storm affects 5 European countries, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to many areas

According to computer outputs, Arab Weather Center specialists said that 5 European countries, represented by (Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Portugal), are on a date with an Atlantic storm that begins on Monday and will be centered over the Irish Sea for several days, God willing. The storm will bring very heavy rains to many areas, which threatens to raise the risks of torrents and floods and possibly landslides due to the high abundance of rain and its continuation for several days. The storm will also bring strong winds at a speed of 130 to 150 km/h, causing severe disturbance of waves with a height of up to 12-13 meters in depth, i.e. the height of 4-5 residential floors, which will negatively affect all maritime navigation operations.

Thunderstorms and unstable weather conditions in southern European countries threaten floods

It is expected that the countries of southern Europe, especially the Balkan countries and Turkey, will witness unstable weather conditions represented by the formation of cumulonimbus clouds in several regions, which will result in a number of weather phenomena, such as (heavy rains, which will be very heavy in some geographical areas/strong winds during thunderstorms/hailstorms or hail of different sizes, which may be dense and large at times), and as a result, the risks of floods and possibly floods will increase in some areas.

A collapse in air pressure at the center of the storm highlights the occurrence of a bomb cyclone.

With the collapse of atmospheric pressure at the center of the storm, experts at the Arab Weather Center said that the phenomenon of the bomb cyclone was prominent in the storm, which is a weather phenomenon that results in a collapse in atmospheric pressure values to reach values similar to the atmospheric pressure values in tropical storms and hurricanes, but outside the tropical region. The storms that arise from this phenomenon do not acquire any tropical characteristics.

A bomb cyclone occurs when a cold air mass meets a warm, moist one, causing a drop in air pressure of 24 millibars in 24 hours. This type of weather phenomenon is most common in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Met Offices Issue Series of Warnings as Storm Approaches

The official meteorological offices issued a series of warnings due to the strength of the storm, including warnings to be aware of strong winds and high waves, in addition to road closures due to heavy snow accumulations and temperatures falling below freezing.

And God knows best.