Windy week as tail end of hurricane to hit UK
THE devastating hurricane which has ripped through the Bahamas and is now battering the south-east coast of the USA will head towards the UK next week, according to the Met Office.
The remains of the Category Five Hurricane Dorian will merge with Storm Gabrielle over the Atlantic before sweeping east.
By the middle of the week we could see winds at 50mph – half the speeds currently being experienced in the Carolinas, forecasters say.
Steven Keats, of the Met Office, said: “The remnants of Dorian will pass between Iceland and Scotland midweek next week but it will be a shadow of its former self.
“It will be noticeably windy, particularly in the north, with potential gusts of up to 50 miles per hour.
“It will influence our weather but it’s not expected to be too disruptive. The south will see a band of rain coming through on Wednesday and breezy weather.”
Mr Keats added that the hurricane will likely combine with Storm Gabrielle to shake up the forecast for next week.
He said: “Storm Gabrielle is churning
away in the mid-Atlantic at the moment. It could intensify to become a hurricane.
“It looks as though the remnants of that will probably come our way later next week, probably on Thursday or Friday. It will bring another spell of windier weather and some rain for some of us.”
It came as it was revealed that Brenda, Gerda, Noah and Ciara could be blowing into the UK and Ireland over the next few months.
Announced by the Met Office and Met Eireann, forecasters say the naming of storms helps increase awareness of severe weather in the UK. It’s used to prompt people to take action to prevent harm to themselves and their property.
The first storm of the 2018 to 2019 season will be named Atiyah, followed by Brendan, Ciara and then Dennis.
Head of public weather services at the Met Office Derrick Ryall said: “Naming storms has been proved to raise awareness of severe weather in the UK, crucially prompting people to take action to prevent harm to themselves or their property.”
The names for the next year have once again been compiled using suggestions submitted by the public combined with names proposed to Met Eireann.
As in previous years, Q; U; X; Y and Z are not used to comply with international storm-naming conventions.
Storms will be named for weather systems which are likely to see an amber or red warning issued by Met Eireann and/or the Met Office’s National Severe Weather Warning Service.