JERSEY is expected to escape the worst of the weather from a new named storm.
A large area of low pressure – named Storm Domingos by Spain’s meteorological agency – was expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Iberia and France this weekend.
Although wind speeds are set to increase across the Channel Islands, Jersey Met said there were no signs of any significant storms for at least the next six days.
In a statement, the agency said: “The weather remains unsettled with further wet and windy spells.
“However, there are no signs of any significant storms or heavy rainfall events affecting the Channel Islands over the next six days.
“The Spanish Meteorological Agency has named the next low pressure ‘Storm Domingos’, which is set to bring disruption to parts of Spain, Portugal and France today. Storm Domingos is not expected to directly affect the Channel Islands.
“There will be occasional gales and rainfall over the weekend, but this will be much less than what was experienced Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
“Saturday will see the wind reach force five to seven, with the chance of wind touching gale force eight briefly at times, which is normal for this time of year.
“During the early hours of Sunday the wind will reach force seven to gale force eight and may briefly reach severe gale force nine, but this will only be for a short time, and the winds will ease later on Sunday morning.”
The UK Met Office began naming storms in 2015, in an effort to better communicate the threat of severe weather.
The agency hoped that the issuing of a name would focus people’s attention on the storm, in much the same way as the naming of hurricanes does in North and Central America.
In the UK, a storm will be named when it has the potential to cause disruption or damage which could result in an amber or red warning.
If the UK Met Office had named this weekend’s storm, it would have been known as Storm Debi.
