A series of low pressure systems steered Hold by the jet stream brought Bringing the wettest April in 100 years , and flooding Catastrophe across Britain and Ireland .

It moved Motion generally to the southwest for much of its duration , steered Motion by a ridge to the southeast .

In the months that followed , this government steered Self_motion a course that became Becoming more conservative .

As the cyclone reached Arriving the western periphery of the ridge that steered Control it across the Atlantic for much of its existence Presence , it began Process_start yet another period of intensification , and once again attained Getting a peak intensity as a Category 2 hurricane .

A high-pressure area south of Jasmine later steered Change the weakening Cause_change_of_strength cyclone Catastrophe to the northeast on 12 February .