Brits face a wet and windy week as the Met Office issues an update on the impact Hurricane Erin is set to have on the UK in just a few days’ time
The Met Office has issued an update on the impact Hurricane Erin could have on the UK’s weather.
Erin has battered and drenched parts of the US East Coast as it moves northward to unleash more extreme weather including storm winds and rain. Although the Hurricane will not make it to the UK, the Met Office says remnants could still bring a stormy and showery start to next week.
Forecasters say next week’s weather situation is mostly uncertain, but they have shared what most parts of the country could see because of Erin – despite being thousands of miles away.
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Although the country hasn’t seen the 30C temperatures from this month’s earlier heatwave, the weather across most parts of the UK has been warm and mild this week. This is due to change as Erin tracks eastward.
The Met Office says in its forecast for August 26 to September 4: “Majority of this period comes with lower than average confidence, even accounting for the long range.
“This is due to large uncertainties surrounding the behaviour of ex-hurricane Erin at the beginning of the forecast and its subsequent impact on the large scale weather pattern over the UK.”
Despite the uncertainty, the Met Office added: “Probably beginning fine for the vast majority of areas, but a band of rain, already in or threatening the west, is likely to move slowly east, perhaps preceded by showers in the south.
“More changeable weather is likely thereafter, possibly even at times unsettled, with more in the way of rain, showers and stronger winds than recently. Starting off warm, especially in the south and east, but temperatures are likely to dip nearer to average for most of the rest of the period.”
BBC Weather states for August 25 to 31: “Confidence in the outlook becomes even lower next week, due to the approach of ex-Hurricane Erin which could get mixed up with low pressure systems and cause complications in weather patterns.
“At some point in the first half of the week there should be rain or thundery showers arriving, but the question is how quickly – on Bank Holiday Monday the northern half of the UK could have better chances of staying dry than the south but eventually all areas are going see periods of wet and windy weather.
“It may be drier for a day or two around midweek but that’s rather speculative at this point, and low pressure should become the more dominant factor before the end of the week. Temperatures will be above to well above normal at first with a gradual decline after midweek but an increase in humidity.”