Five images showing rain and gales lie ahead
As the weather gears up to deliver us a week of rain and wind, there are some great images that capture this week’s weather theme well.
As the weather gears up to deliver us a week of rain and wind, there are some great images that capture this week’s weather theme well.
Powerful Cyclone Chapala could bring years of rain to parts of Yemen and Oman in days, as it makes landfall early on Monday.
A category five hurricane – the strongest on the hurricane scale – is set to hit the coast of western Mexico on Friday evening (local time). Hurricane Patricia has been described as “potentially catastrophic” by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, and is the strongest ever recorded for the eastern North Pacific Ocean area. Steady…
Eastern coastal states of the US are still under threat from Hurricane Joaquin in the coming days, but the forecast is far from certain.
Eastern coastal states of the US look set for some heavy and prolonged rainfall during the next five days, which will bring the risk of major flooding in places.
After high pressure bringing some sunshine and warmth last week, normal service has resumed, with low pressure driving our weather for the next few days.
Thunderstorms are likely during Thursday and Friday, bringing a risk of localised flooding. Will you be affected?
A plume of warm, moist air, laden with potential energy will give a threat of severe thunderstorms to southern parts of the UK on Friday.
During the next 6-12 hours, two severe tropical cyclones, Lam and Marcia, are going to make landfall in northern Australia.
The weather has taken the UK on a bit of a rollercoaster ride during the last week, with heavy rain and severe gales, interspersed with snow and ice.
Another week of turbulent weather lies ahead for the UK, with severe gales and snow bringing the potential for travel disruption. But will you be affected?
For the end of the week two potent storms will pass just to the north of the UK – one during Thursday night, quickly followed by another on Friday night.
Looking further ahead towards the weekend, with more rain and sometimes brisk winds to come, whilst nothing major, some places may experience a few problems.
Low pressure is going to be driving our weather this week, bringing heavy rain and a risk of flooding to southern and western parts of the UK.
Whilst the satellite images from space may be a thing of beauty, we could well be staring down at the most powerful storm on our planet so far this year.