Thread by @althecat

Storm Barra has brought rain to all the United Kingdom.

Here's an animation of the the storm arriving overnight yesterday and yesterday morning.

As storms go. Storm Barra looks pretty cool from a satellite vantage point.

Similar image with the outlines of Ireland and the UK for orientation.

A 12 hour view of the Storm Barra's leading edge crossing Ireland and the UK.

A wider angle view, on the right you can see a second storm of similar scale over Greece, the Aegean Sea and Western Turkey.

And finally a view of the two storms, both of which are caused by atmospheric rivers originating in the tropical Atlantic.

Here's a different view,a forecast for the next 10 days (from late yesterday) of atmospheric water. As you can see Storm Bara is not particularly wet compared to some of the water masses which are incoming.

Over Libya at the beginning you can see the origins of 2nd storm.

This view, also 10 days, shows us where this water is coming from, West Africa and Red Sea from the look of things.

Finally what does the coming fortnight look like, and the answer is that through to Christmas this is going to be fairly relentless, especially in Ireland and the UK.

Threadfix ....

At the end of that forecast you can see a lot of water over the Eastern Med. and the Levant. And according to the current forecast, that water will bring rain/snow, lots of it to Turkey and Greece but not only, also rain to the Meditranean Coast, Israel, Syria Jordan & Nth KSA.