It’s August 21.
It is August 21.
Yep, it really is August 21 and we have two weather warnings in place.
Ronaldsway Met Office has now issued an amber warning for coastal overtopping alongside its previous yellow warning for gales.
Amber
Coastal overtopping: Large spring tides coupled with strong to gale force southerly winds will result in significant overtopping of waves and debris in exposed coastal areas for a couple of hours either side of the next few high tides (Wed 13:15, Thurs 1:40 & 14:00).
Areas most likely to be affected are northern and central parts of Douglas promenade, Castletown promenade, Shore Road Rushen, as well as Laxey and Ramsey promenades.
Inner harbour flooding: Inner harbour flooding will also occur around the time of high tide (Thurs 1:40am). In Douglas, flooding is expected on the tongue, parts of Lake Road and the carparks riverside of Lake Road, and perhaps a risk of some minor flooding on North Quay. For Ramsey the area’s most at risk are Mezeron Corner and West Quay. Castletown is also at risk and flood defences should be deployed.
This is in force now until 4pm tomorrow.
Yellow
The overnight period Wednesday into Thursday will see gale or severe gale force southerly winds developing, with gusts of around 55-60 mph for a time, before easing in the morning. Whilst relatively normal for winter, these wind strengths in summer are more unusual, so precautions are advised for sensitive places, e.g. campsites.
This is in force tonight between 1am and 8am.
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