Originally Posted by
NWIFlyer
As time moved on, those storms moved east and AMS was very badly affected.
Yesterday's storms were moving from further inland, not from across the channel - bringing stormfronts that crossed the Netherlands from the southeast to the northwest. As such, London was more likely getting what had already traversed the continent, rather than the scenario you suggest above!
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