Hurricane Oscar has left at least six people dead in Cuba as it made landfall as a category one hurricane, but since moving eastwards, it has weakened in strength
Brits should brace for the remnants of Hurricane Oscar, the Met Office says.
Hurricane Oscar killed at least six people in Cuba and damaged more than 1,000 homes, most of which across the province of Guantánamo. It has since moved eastwards and weakened in strength, but its impact will be felt across parts of the UK on the weekend.
Aidan McGivern, meteorologist at the Met Office, said in a new YouTube forecast video: “It’s later Saturday and into Sunday when the weather system contains the remnants of tropical storm Oscar. This is the remnants of the tropical storm, not at all a tropical storm itself of course at this stage but it’s tropical origins mean that it’ll only adds to the uncertainty through the weekend in terms of the speeds of weather systems as they move through.
“It also contains some additional moisture, so we could end up with quite a wet spell across western and more especially northwestern parts of the UK, so this weekend’s likely to be very mixed.”
The heaviest rainfall, anticipated on Sunday, will lash across parts of Cumbria and Lancashire. More than 13mm of rain is expected to fall in just three hours along the Cumbrian coast, forecasters understand. It’ll also be wet throughout Saturday night across western Scotland, notably Ayrshire.
Mr McGivern continued: “We’re going to see weather systems move in, not just one but a few from the west and those weather systems are likely to mount up the rainfall across western and northwestern parts of the country, especially over hills and so that’s definitely something we’ll be keeping an eye on here at the Met Office.”
No weather warnings for rain are in place as of yet, but the Met Office continues to monitor the system. It comes after heavy rain, particularly across Scotland, on Thursday. More than 20mm battered the Outer Hebrides, data recorded by the Met Office shows. It was drier across southern regions of the UK.
And rain is the biggest cause of disruption stopping Brits getting to work on time, the Met Office says. It did some research following a wet October, blighted by the impact of Storm Ashley which cancelled flights and trains last weekend.
