Britain set for Atlantic storm battering as week’s value of rain to fall
Weather maps have revealed a colossal Atlantic storm set to batter the UK next week, drenching large swathes of the country.
Ventusky charts depict the enormous weather system sweeping east across the Atlantic, colliding with Ireland and the UK on Thursday, July 18, bringing torrential rain. This downpour follows a lacklustre British summer characterised by persistent rainfall and gloomy conditions, attributed to a lingering jet stream.
Certain regions of England, particularly East Anglia, the Midlands, and the south-east, had already experienced around a month’s worth of rain by the end of the first week in July. Northolt in west London, recorded 66mm of rain in the first seven days of the month – 139% of the total expected there for the entirety of July.
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In addition, the storm set to soak us next week could deliver as much as 13.1mm of rainfall in just three hours. With an average of 61mm anticipated over July’s 31 days – that equates to nearly a week’s worth of rainfall in an average year, reports the Mirror.
The Met Office has issued a warning about the weather system approaching from the Atlantic in their long-range weather forecast. They stated: “Following a fairly changeable weekend with showers and the potential for longer spells of rain in the north, next week is expected to continue in a similar vein as another weather system arrives from the Atlantic, into parts of southern or southwest UK.”
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“This will most likely herald further spells of unsettled weather moving east or northeast across the country, with rain (most frequent in the northwest) or showers and some sunny spells (most frequent in the southeast) in-between at times.”
The persistent washout weather is due to the jet stream, forecasters have said, which has sent a steady stream of low-pressure systems over the UK in recent weeks. The Met Office’s longest-range forecast, for the period from Thursday, July 25 to August 8, shows some cause for hope.
“There remain encouraging signs of a more settled spell developing at some point during the period, at least for a time, and perhaps more likely in the south,” the forecaster said.
“However, by the same token further, perhaps shorter, unsettled interludes are likely too, and confidence in the broad weather patterns during this period is much lower than average. Above average temperatures overall, and drier than average conditions overall, are slightly favoured.”
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