Next #ukstorm to strike on Wednesday
As southern parts of the UK battle against rising river levels and flooding, the arrival of the next storm on Wednesday will only add to the misery.
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As southern parts of the UK battle against rising river levels and flooding, the arrival of the next storm on Wednesday will only add to the misery.
There’s a definite sense of déjà vu as I cast an eye over the weather charts for tonight and tomorrow, with yet another vicious storm set to batter our shores.
The next storm is due to arrive later on Tuesday and will continue to affect the UK through Wednesday as well, bringing with it the likelihood of more disruption.
It may be a new month, but the weather has no intention of changing anytime soon – much to the despair of those in Somerset, who are still badly flooded.
Looking further ahead into February, there are no signs of the weather settling down at all, with a powerful jet stream set to deliver more areas of low pressure.
There are signs that it will turn more unsettled later this week and into next week, delivering more wet and windy weather that will no doubt raise concerns about the risk of flooding.
Since the recent stormy spell came to an end, the weather has been relatively subdued, but still, it hasn’t taken much rain to allow the problem of flooding to rear its ugly head.
Winter looks more likely to lurk rather than pounce next week, which means that the rain and flood risk continues.
Following weeks of storms, bringing widespread disruption across the UK, I’m sure you’ll be glad to hear that the outlook is looking less stormy – that’s the good news.
There have been some amazing pictures taken of the impacts that the storm has delivered and I thought I’d pull them together and share them with you.
With no let up in the stormy weather for the next week or so, things may get worse for some before they get better. But why has it been so stormy?
There’s no doubt that many of us will be hoping that a new year will bring new weather, but unfortunately, it looks like the beginning of 2014 will continue where 2013 left off.
As the final weekend before Christmas approaches, there will be a lot of people travelling in the coming days – yet there is going to be no let up in the unsettled weather.
Following a recent spell of settled weather, this week will see low pressure after low pressure arrive on our shores, bringing heavy rain and gales.