because, boy, do we need it
This forecast map generated by WXCharts (a Met Desk product) shows the end result of a storm that is forecast to form on Sunday morning at 6.00am GMT (1.00am EST) off the coast of North Carolina where, thanks to a supercharged jet stream travelling at over 200 knots (245mph), the storm will experience not one, not two, SIX periods of explosive cyclogenesis (where the central pressure drops by more than 24mb in a 24 hour period) and arrive in the UK producing sustained Cat 1 hurricane winds and Cat 2 hurricane gusts of over 100mph making it the most damaging storm ever to hit the UK since the “Great Hurricane of 1987”.
However, the BBC (unlike then) have raised concerns and even mentioned the fact that something could happen in yesterday’s seven day forecast (which is updated every twenty four hours and broadcast on the BBC News Channel at 9.55pm GMT daily).