“115 km / h in Middelkerke, so far this is the strongest gust observed on Belgian territory.”
Winds of 115 km / h were recorded at Middlekerke, making it the strongest gust observed so far on Belgian territory, said the director of forecasts at the Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM), David Dehenauw, in the night of Sunday to Monday on Twitter. The IRM issued an orange code warning (gusts from 101 to 130 km / h) until Monday morning, followed by the yellow code (80 to 100 km / h) for the rest of the day.
Belgium will experience strong winds until Monday evening included. In the second part of the night and temporarily again Monday morning, the gusts may reach 90 to locally 110 km / h, indicates the IRM. The risk of damage will therefore remain high.
“115 km / h in Middelkerke, it is so far the strongest gust observed on Belgian territory. It is not excluded to have stronger gusts during the local storms that we had because we didn ‘ observe the wind only in 28 places, “wrote the Belgian weather gentleman on Twitter around 4am. Regarding the rain, around 25 to 40 l / m2 of precipitation locally in 24 hours were expected from Sunday evening south of the Sambre and Meuse furrow. Elsewhere, the amounts of precipitation will be around 20l / m2.
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