Storm Bram, named after Dublin-born Dracula writer Bram Stoker, could cause Halloween havoc for Brits as it could strike towards the end of October. Talk about spooky timing.
A storm named after the writer of horror novel Dracula could give Britain a battering — in the run up to Halloween. Wicked weather may play a cruel trick on families hoping to visit pumpkin patches later this month.
The UK and Ireland was battered by killer Storm Amy last week, which brought devastating high winds and torrential rain. The first named storm of the season left thousands without power and claimed the life of Tommy Connors in County Donegal, Ireland.
The Met Office has named North Atlantic storms with its Irish and Dutch partners since 2015 and every one was submitted by the public. They are used in alphabetical order and Storm Bram is next up.
It was named after Dublin-born Dracula author Bram Stoker and nominated by Ireland’s Met Éireann, which said: “Bram for the great Irish author and creator of Dracula whose world is of the night with the howl of the wolves mirroring the sounds of a storm.”
And with spooky timing, it could hit in the latter part of this month in the run up Halloween on Friday, October 31.
Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: “The current outlook for the next week and potentially even longer suggests a high-pressure dominated pattern, leading to dry and settled conditions across most of the UK.
“However, it’s worth noting that ensemble models, which provide insights into medium-range probabilities, are indicating a higher likelihood of more unsettled weather returning during the last third of October. This is why there’s a possibility of Storm Bram coinciding with the Halloween period.”
The Met Office’s long range weather forecast predicts high pressure to be the dominant weather type across the UK from October 14 to October 23.
It says: “Whilst some rain and drizzle is likely in parts of the south and east on Tuesday, the rest of the first week is expected to be predominantly dry.
“During the second half of this period, there are signs that the overall pattern will shift with low pressure systems probably moving in from the west in some fashion. However, details of any wetter and more unsettled weather are still very uncertain.
And from October 24 onwards, it predicts: “This period is likely to see changeable conditions across the UK with low pressure systems tending to dominate. Showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, perhaps heavy in places.”
This year marks 10 years since the storm naming initiative began. After Bram will come Chandra then Dave, which was nominated by a British wife who compared her husband’s snoring to a thunderstorm.
If G is reached, it will be called Storm Gerard, also named by Éireann, which received 35 nominations from friends and loved ones of an Irishman of the same name who suffers from cancer and “has a fascination” for extreme weather.
Friends said: “This would make his day if there was a storm named after him. Gerard is weathering his own storm at the moment.”
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