Deep Low Pressure System of March 10th 2008

A notable storm with a very low central pressure crossed the UK during March 10th 2008. It brought gales to the South West, and coupled with strong winds and a spring tide there was coastal flooding as well.
Figure 1. A Met Office pressure chart for 00:00 UTC on the 10th March 2008.

The Development of the Storm:

The storm was extremely well forecasted and was predicted up to a week before it had actually came into existence. The chart for the 9th of March (Figure 2) shows the storm starting to deepen just south of Greenland.


Figure 2. A Met Office pressure chart for 06:00 UTC on the 9th March 2008.

Figure 3. XC Weather's Wind Arrow Map Figure 4. Visible Satellite Picture (09:00)

Table 1. 15 minute data set from Davis AWS for March 10th, 2008.

Time hPa oC RH% MPH Direction
10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
963.5
962.9
962.4
961.9
962.1
961.6
961.4
961.1
961.3
961.6
962.0
962.1
962.6
963.2
963.3
964.0
965.0
6.9
6.9
7.6
7.9
7.9
7.9
8.7
9.8
10.2
9.9
9.8
9.5
9.1
8.6
8.4
8.5
7.7
85
86
86
85
85
85
83
82
74
74
77
78
79
81
83
82
82
27
31
22
33
28
31
24
26
36
35
29
40
34
38
27
33
43
SSW
SSW
SW
SW
SW
SW
SW
SW
SW
WSW
WSW
WSW
W
W
W
W
WNW

Images reproduced with kind permission of the Met Office & XC Weather