I have noticed that my typhoons are at least a month behind Scandinavian grows and some of those further north than me!
I think this it to do with our climate, we get a lot more damp rainy weather than the Scandinavians and in most years we get a lot less sun hours aswell as lower temps, this IMO slows down flowering.
Looks like you guys are going to get the brunt of the storm, extra staking of your plants is gonna be needed I fear
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/311309
However it has suddenly changed direction out in the Atlantic and moving at pace towards Scotland. Katia currently has sustained wind speeds of around 85mph with gusts up to 110mph. Its projected path, which suddenly changed from a westerly heading to a north-easterly, puts it on a direct path with Scotland. The hurricane will lose some intensity as it heads over slightly cooler waters of the North Atlantic ocean but will still be packing strong winds and heavy rain.
Hurricane Katia's path will see it continue to blow severe gales in excess of 85mph until its close proximity to Scotland at the beginning of the week.
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