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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Tropical Storm-Force Winds for UK, France

By Courtney Spamer, Meteorologist

October 27,2013; 9:13PM,EDT

The active weather in western Europe will continue through Monday with a storm bringing damaging wind gusts and rain.
A potent storm system will aim for southern England and Wales through the morning on Monday before shifting to the Netherlands and Belgium for most of Monday.

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Wind gusts of 80 to 110 kph convert to 50 to 70 mph.
Winds with this storm Monday are expected to hit the northern coast of France, southern England, much of Belgium and into Netherlands with gusts of over 90 kph (50 mph) and even some of the stronger gusts to hurricane-force winds.
Paris, France and London, England look to be inland enough to avoid much of the problem with these winds. However, even there winds could gust to 70 kph (40 mph), and along with the heavy rainfall, there could be trees and power lines downed.
Amsterdam, Netherlands and Antwerp, Belgium, are looking to see some of the strongest winds with this storm, as sustained winds on Monday look to be near 80 kph (50 mph) on its own with gusts to near 110 kph (70 mph). This could not only cause power outages and tree damage, there could be structural damage and any large profile vehicles could be overturned.
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AccuWeather.com Forecast for Amsterdam, Netherlands
This storm threat will begin to come to an end in the afternoon for much of England and western France while much of Belgium and Netherlands will have to wait until Monday night for these winds to diminish.
In addition to wind, flooding rain also threatens the area. With the potential for inches of rain to fall in just a few hours, in addition to the rain falling from the active pattern lately, ponding on the roadways and flooding are concerns across the southern United Kingdom. International flights coming into and out of Europe to and from North America may be affected by the winds causing delays.

Story updated by Senior Meteorologist Alan Reppert

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