Met Office warns ‘blood rain’ coming in subsequent 24 hours after hottest day of 12 months
Blood rain will shock Brits as a Saharan mud plume sparks a automobile wash stampede for motors stained orange in mud blown 2,000 miles from Africa.
The mud is about to fall to earth in showers from Monday (January 29), generally known as ‘blood rain’ because of the mud’s reddish stain on vehicles and home windows.
Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna mentioned: “Saharan mud is being drawn north to have an effect on the UK within the coming days, following latest mud storms in north Africa.
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“You might want to hold off washing the car just yet. And watch out for some colourful sunrise and sunsets.”
This comes after Britain recorded its hottest ever January day of 19.6C, only a week after being colder than the Arctic.
A 700 mile-wide African warmth plume has introduced in file temperatures, which ought to see Brits ditching layers over the following few days.
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The 19.6C temperature was recorded at Kinlochewe village within the Scottish Highlands, beating the earlier 18.3C January file set in 2003.
Meteorologist Becky Mitchell mentioned southern winds have dragged milder air from Africa throughout the UK, which have triggered higher-than-normal temperatures.
Part of the explanation for the spike is what’s referred to as the ‘foehn effect’, which is the motion of air from the moist and chilly facet of a mountain to hotter and drier circumstances on the opposite facet.
When a distant wind hits mountainous elements of the nation, the air can generally be pushed as much as the highest – with the air shedding its moisture and changing into drier because it rises.
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The balmy climate will proceed at present with temperatures as hight as 16C as spring-like climate comes over a month early.
It is in stark distinction to a simply over per week in the past when freezing temperatures as little as -14C noticed snow sweep throughout the north.
Highs within the low teenagers are due for a lot of the week forward, with sunny spells for a lot of. A Met Office forecaster mentioned: “Strong southerly winds are bringing in mild air.”
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