‘Troll from Trondheim’ to unleash Arctic blast with ‘intense rain’ and ‘severe gales’ to hit Britain

Warnings across Scotland are in place and are expected to last all through the day.

Meanwhile, there are yellow warnings for rain for the majority of Wales and Northern Ireland. A yellow warning for wind is in place through all of Saturday across the majority of the English south coast and in East Anglia.

Senior Meteorologist and Social Commentator, Jim Dale named the bitter easterly blast from Trondheim – a city in central Norway – last year.

The “Troll from Trondheim”, which is positioned north of the UK, makes it part of the shaping of the UK’s colder weather systems.

“We’re more likely to get a northern Troll. I expect Scotland to be fairly loaded, some chaos for parts of the North and at the moment, a dusting of less for the South,” Dale told the Express.

“Caveat, we haven’t yet seen the whites of the Troll’s eyes.

“It’s definitely going colder but the extent of it and the snow is still ‘misty’. I think we are going to have to be patient. Still, various indicators continue to point to a polar spell as January unravels.”

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