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“Gusts of up to 80mph on the way for Easter weekend”
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Wikipedia entries reference unrelated storms (1997 blizzard, 2020 tornado outbreak, 2025-26 windstorm season) with no mention of Storm Dave or Easter weekend gusts. No corroborating sources found.
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— The 1997 April Fool's Day blizzard was a major late-season winter storm that impacted the Northeastern United States from March 31 to April 1, 1997. The storm brought heavy rain, sleet, and snow fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_April_Fool's_Day_blizzard
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— A widespread and deadly tornado outbreak affected the Southeastern United States on Easter Sunday and Monday, April 12–13, 2020. Several tornadoes were responsible for prompting tornado emergencies, i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Easter_tornado_outbreak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Easter_tornado_outbreak
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— The 2025–26 European windstorm season marks the eleventh year of the continents coordinated of severe weather naming programme. While the official list of names was unveiled on 1 September 2025, the s…
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“Storm Dave looks set to bring gusts of up to 80 mph (130km/h) on Saturday evening, with the Met Office warning of potential damage, power cuts and travel disruption”
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Wikipedia entries reference 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, 2025-26 windstorm season, and 2026 North American winter storm, none of which mention Storm Dave or Saturday evening gusts. No corroborating sources found.
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— The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was the fourth-most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 20 named storms forming, tied with 1933. Among them, 7 became hurricanes, with 3 reaching major h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Atlantic_hurricane_season
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— The 2025–26 European windstorm season marks the eleventh year of the continents coordinated of severe weather naming programme. While the official list of names was unveiled on 1 September 2025, the s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_European_windstorm_sea…
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— From January 23 to January 27, 2026, a very large and expansive winter storm, unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Fern by The Weather Channel and various news outlets, or Snowmageddon in some are…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23–27,_2026_North_Amer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23–27,_2026_North_Amer…
“A yellow weather warning for wind comes into force at 14:00 BST on Saturday and remains in place until the extended time of 03:00 on Sunday”
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Wikipedia entries about British Summer Time and time zones provide general time zone information but do not mention any yellow wind warning for the specified timeframe. No corroborating sources found.
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— During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC+00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that morn…
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— British Summer Time Hyde Park (BST Hyde Park) is a series of music concerts held once a year in London's Hyde Park. BST Hyde Park lasts for up to three weeks. Since 2013, BST Hyde Park has seen perfor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Summer_Time_(concerts)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Summer_Time_(concerts)
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— The United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) UTC+00:00; also known as Western European Time; between October and March, and British Summer Time (BST) UTC+01:00; also known as Western European Sum…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_the_United_Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_the_United_Kingdom
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