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Rare summer storm measured in Hoek van Holland
25-07-2015 13:17
Hook of Holland is today at 10:50 for the first measured force 9. Thus we can speak of 'summer' storm strength.
Also there is a very heavy gust measured at 109 km / h.
KNMI warns of dangerous weather along the West Coast. For the provinces of Zeeland, South Holland and North Holland is Saturday code red. In that area can be very heavy winds occur up to 110 kilometers per hour. Various events have been canceled, including Summer Carnival in Rotterdam.
A summer storm is quite rare. Average only once in 5 years. Since the start of the measurements in 1901 was 24 times a summer storm, according to the official meteorologists weeronline.nl. There, we can now add to the 25th.
Extreme weather
In Utrecht and Noord-Brabant valid code orange for extreme weather. For the rest of the country code is true yellow. There are gusts expected between 80 and 90 kilometers per hour, in the Wadden Sea and the IJsselmeer to 100 kilometers per hour.
The stormy wind comes at the end of the morning the first blow in the southwestern coastal area and move in the afternoon across the country to the northeast. Only in the evening the weather is calmer.
There will also be in the morning and in the first half of the afternoon, especially in the eastern half of the country a few thunderstorms. Locally be associated with hail.
Source: Weather Plaza, ANP / ad.nl// (Photo: Reuters)