Rough weather for Britain

Britain is battered by 16ft waves as flooding hits the north of the country amid warnings winds of up to 75mph could wreak havoc on trees and buildings

• Gusts of up to 75mph will bear down on exposed a 
• coastal areas tomorrow night from 8pm tomorrow evening
• Met Office has also warned of possible power cuts, damage to trees and buildings as well as travel delays   
• Yellow weather warnings for wind and rain have been issued for many parts of the UK for tomorrow night

DailyMail,
11 September, 2017


Strong winds are set to batter parts of Britain this week as stormy weather brought by an area of low pressure races across the Atlantic.

Gusts of up to 75mph will bear down on exposed a coastal areas tomorrow night from 8pm and into Wednesday morning.


The Met Office also warned of a possibility of power cuts and damage to trees, buildings and delays for commuters travelling by car and rail.

Yellow weather warnings for wind have been issued for eastern England, north east England, north west England, northern Wales, East and West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber for tomorrow 8pm.

 

Powerful winds combined with torrential downpours in Strathclyde, Dumfries Galloway Lothian and Borders as well as Northern Ireland — that could result in flooding — have also prompted yellow weather warnings for wind and rain.


Stronger winds earlier this morning will ease throughout the course of the after parts of the south west recorded achieving heights of around 16ft.

A yellow weather warning has been issued for southern parts of Wales and and the south-west of England from 12am tonight through to 11am this mornignh.
Strong winds will continue across much of Wales tomorrow morning, indicating a 'tricky rush' for commuters.


Most of the UK will experience sunshine a showers throughout much of today.
Ms Roberts added: 'Tuesday is probably one of the better days of the week, more in the way of sunny spells, but there still be some showers in between.'

Temperatures are expected to reach highs of 62.6°F (17°C) tomorrow, and remain in the mid to high teens throughout much of next week.


Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst predicted an 'unsettled autumn day' across the country throughout the day.

A second area of low pressure coming in from the Atlantic is expected to bring more strong winds on Tuesday night, lasting into Wednesday morning.

He said: 'It is likely to bring winds across many parts of England and Wales on Tuesday and Wednesday of between 50mph and 60mph, with isolated gusts reaching 70mph.

'It could cause disruption to Wednesday morning rush hour and there could be some heavy rain associated with it as well.'


For most today will remain blustery day with spells of sunshine and rain and the temperature will sit between 59°F (15°C) and 64.4°F (18°C).


But heavy rainfall in Mossley, Greater Manchester, has left the streets completely flooded with cars and pedestrians struggling to get through.

While showers will be less frequent, blustery winds similar to today's will be felt throughout much of the UK throughout Tuesday before the area of low pressure arrives tomorrow evening

Temperatures will drop to around 50°F (10°C) and 51.8°F (11°C) overnight and going into early tomorrow morning.

While showers will be less frequent, blustery winds similar to today's will be felt throughout much of the UK throughout Tuesday, before the area of low pressure arrives tomorrow evening.


It comes as Hurricane Irma hammers Florida after devastating Caribbean islands, leaving at least five people dead as the storm slams into Key West.


Britain more at risk of severe weather this autumn – with this forecast to be the worst hurricane season for seven years, the US Government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said.

Battered homes are a possibility, as well as trees and floods blocking road and rail lines.

   
Britain has already been hit by the tail-end of a hurricane this season – Hurricane Gert — which swept across the Atlantic to deluge the North on August 20.
Previous hurricane-based storms which crossed the Atlantic to hammer Britain include Hurricane Bertha in August 2014, which hit with gusts up to 94mph, six inches' rain and floods.


September's 2012's 'Child of Hurricane Nadine' tempest killed one and caused floods, and September 2011's Hurricane Katia caused one death amid gusts up to 98mph, with floods and widespread travel chaos.


The Met Office said Britain won't be battered by weather as severe as that which is slamming the US and Caribbean, but could face winds of up to 70mph this week.
Forecaster Helen Roberts told MailOnline: 'We have often got the remnants of hurricanes coming across the Atlantic to the UK.

'But when they reach us they are very different beasts.'    

Emergency rain ponchos were out in force as unpredictable showers broke out across swathes of Britain - in between bursts of sunshine here and there

Despite the bleak weather, Britons can breathe a sigh of relief knowing the ferocity of storms that have battered the Caribbean and Florida won't be replayed in the UK

It means Britons can breathe a sigh of relief knowing the ferocity of storms that have battered the Caribbean and Florida won't be replayed in the UK.




Revellers at Bestival have been faced with rains and high winds this weekend.
Yesterday the festival, which is took place in Dorset for the first time this year, was forced to close its main area due to poor conditions.

Organisers tweeted: 'Due to current high winds and safety of all our festival-goers The Castle Stage and Ambient Forest are both temporarily closed.

'We'll reopen the stages and areas as soon as possible. Due to high winds & for everyone's safety the main arena is temporarily closed. Please make your way to the campsites until we reopen gates.'

The stages have now reopened but festival-goers have had to battle huge swamped areas and rain storms throughout the weekend.

A choppy sea greeted Brighton walkers today as the Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for swathes of the UK for strong wind gusts and rain tomorrow night and into Wednesday