Storm Brigid heads for Britain

Here in the San Luis Valley of Colorado it is in the low 30s. Not bad, but the sustained winds are 50 mph, over fresh snow from this morning. We all seem to be waiting for the weather to give us a break.

Yet I think it reasonable now to question if there are going to be anymore "breaks". According to Guy McPherson and Paul Beckwith the immediate future is not going to be anything like the recent past.

Do not sell yourself short. Pat yourself on the back. The great challenges are on us now and all humans will see it and feel it soon. It's game time.

---Mike Ruppert

'APOCALYPTIC': Storm Brigid rages towards UK bringing 150MPH KILLER winds, rain and SNOW

A VIOLENT and destructive storm is hurtling across the Atlantic and will smash into Britain TONIGHT.

The Express,

31 January, 2014

The entire country faces at least three days of torrential downpours, savage 150mph gales and weeks of relentless flood misery.

Storm Brigid is expected to first hit UK shores later this afternoon before the full force of the onslaught rips into the country tomorrow.

Experts say it threatens to cause destruction on a par with the ferocious October St Jude’s Day Storm and subsequent Storm Emily which hit in December.

It came as figures show some areas of England have already had their wettest January since records began.

The Met Office said much of the south and Midlands already had twice the average rainfall for January by midnight on Tuesday - with three days still left in the month.

Several inches of rain are likely to fall in a matter of hours through the next few days, sealing the record for England’s wettest winter in history.

So far eight inches of rain have fallen since the beginning of December, with just eight more needed to beat the 1914/15 record of 16.

Officials have warned Britain will be crippled by frenzied winds capable of up ripping trees and tearing roof slates from buildings.

Rivers already close to overflowing are likely to burst their banks sparking a torrent of flood warnings and alerts across the nation.

Forecasters have warned a run of storms are lined up in the Atlantic threatening torrential rain and gales for at least a week.

Swathes of the country have been left under inches of water after heavy and relentless rain which has held out for weeks.

Government forecasters have issued a raft of severe weather warnings for rain today and tomorrow across the south with more than an inch expected.

There are also warnings for severe gale-force winds and potentially destructive waves along the west coast at the weekend.

A further Met Office warning has been issued for snow across Scotland tomorrow with brutal gales expected to trigger blizzards.

Storm Brigid will bring yet more chaos to coastal owns like Aberystwyth [EPA]

The public should be aware of the likelihood of disruptive weather with impacts to travel and power supplies

Reshaping England's coastline

Chief forecaster Frank Saunders warned severe weather over the next few days is likely to lead to travel disruption and loss of power supplies.

He said: “Another very deep area of low pressure will spread heavy rain and strong to gale force winds eastwards across the UK before the associated frontal systemsclear the southeast of England during the early hours of Saturday.

“A band of heavy rain, reaching the west coast of Scotland, will spread eastwards across the rest of Scotland during the day, with the rain turning increasingly to snow as it moves eastwards.

“The snow and heavy rain will also be accompanied by gale force winds, which may lead to localised disruption due to coastal flooding.

“The public should be aware of the likelihood of a spell of disruptive wintry weather, with impacts to travel and perhaps also to power supplies.”