Powerful jet stream to bring wet and windy start to 2015
The start of 2015 looks to deliver some very unsettled weather, caused by a powerful jet stream over the Atlantic ocean.
The start of 2015 looks to deliver some very unsettled weather, caused by a powerful jet stream over the Atlantic ocean.
As the clock strikes midnight later, hundreds of thousands will be taking to the streets to celebrate the beginning of a new year. But what will the weather deliver?
A spell of stormy weather is expected to hit the UK during Wednesday into Thursday. Northern areas at risk from severe gales, with wind gusts of up to 80mph possible.
You probably won’t be surprised to hear that it has been wetter and warmer than would be expected at this point of the month, although there has been a large degree of regional variation.
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.
The remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo will hit the UK during Monday night into Tuesday, bringing severe gales of up to 80mph for some places.
What makes autumn a season that delivers us some of our stormiest weather of the year?
Following the driest September on record for the UK and a fine first few days of October, the weather has finally switched into autumn mode.
After a somewhat extended summer, with September being the driest on record for the UK, as well as the fourth warmest, autumn is finally going to arrive in the coming days.
Our fortunes are finally going to change this week, as the weather finally delivers us a reminder that we are well and truly into autumn.
As I looked at the longer term trend for our weather this morning, one weather computer model threw up a particularly interesting theme for the fourth week in September – a hurricane-force storm.
The final bank holiday of the year is approaching and it’s likely to be a busy one with many schools still in the midst of the summer holidays. But what will the weather deliver us?
As predicted, the remnants of Hurricane Bertha hit the UK on Sunday, bringing an abrupt end to the warmth and sunshine that we’ve become used to this summer.
Following a pretty good summer so far with sunshine and warmth, we could have a rude awakening later this weekend as the remnants of a hurricane bring us wet and windy weather.