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Britons are being told to brace for a week of heavy rain as over forty urgent flood warnings have been issued. There could be disruption to travel across the UK with the Environment Agency issuing 42 flood warningsstretching from the Cumbrian coastline to the North Cornwall coast at Chapel Porth.Last night, Paddington station was forced to shut amid flooding and heavy rain, sparking travel chaos in London and Western England. […]

A ‘zonal’ jet stream will fuel another week of rain while energy ploughed into the atmosphere by mild weather drives thunderstorms.Unsettled conditions are forecast largely through the next 10 days, although southerly gusts will start to push the mercury upwards.The wet and windy picture is thanks to the jet stream picking up strength and taking on a straighter path across the Atlantic.Colder, drier conditions over the past few days have […]

A disruption of the stratospheric vortex will drive two weeks of late winter snow across parts of the US.An unusual triple-dip Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) is suspected to be one of the ingredients behind cold weather hitting the northeast this week.While warmer temperatures sweep in from the south, New York, Pennsylvania, and parts of New England are heading for a late burst of winter.Low pressure from Canada will pull in […]

Britain could be covered in snow next week as weather maps show temperatures plummeting to -2C.An Arctic blast is expected to hit the UK as forecasters warn that a rare weather phenomenon could bring bitter wintry conditions.According to meteorologists, Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) is underway and could draw in cold polar air and drive up the risk of heavy snow like 2018’s "Beast from the East".Stormy conditions are set to […]

Britons are being warned to brace for a 597-mile "wall of rain" expected to pour down across the UK next week.Forecasters predict that "widespread" rain and showers will hit Britain this weekend before a band of wet weather is set to stretch from Plymouth to Fort William in Scotland - around 597 miles.Downpours could see up to 6mm of rain fall per hour in south west England.Showers are expected to […]

A ‘battle’ between pressure systems will fend off the threat of a ‘Beast from the East’ to drive mild but unsettled weather into mid-month.Low pressure from the west will bump against high pressure to the east steering southerly gusts across the UK.The so-called Scandinavian high has been the driver of a ‘blocking pattern’ behind this week’s dry but chilly conditions.Low pressure is almost certain to push it back by the […]

Britons who have had enough of the cold could be in for a chilly surprise this month, as a forecaster has warned that the UK is “more likely” to see snow at Eastertime than it is at Christmas.The beginning of Spring has brought with it an onslaught of heavy rain, with the most extreme of the downpours expected on March 17.However, the poor weather could get even worse, with a […]

Ocean temperature changes predicted to start this during spring could ‘significantly’ increase the risk of severe weather in the US.Meteorologists have in the past week confirmed a La Nina transition from El Nino is almost certain from next month.An unusually powerful El-Nino warming of ocean waters around South America, which set in last year, is expected to end next month.The US Climate Prediction Centre has issued an ‘El Nino Advisory’ […]

The UK may be in for another ‘Beast from the East’ thanks to an “unprecedented” weather event which could drive down temperatures across the country, the Met Office has said.The ‘Sudden Stratospheric Warming’ (SSW) event – a disruption of the normal westerly air flow 10-50km above the Earth’s surface – has been observed three times during winter for the first time since records began.Three SSW events happening in a single […]