UK braced for entire week of storms including huge deluges and gale force winds

06 November 2023 , 12:16

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UK braced for entire week of storms including huge deluges and gale force winds

Britain is facing another week of storms, including huge deluges of rain and gale force winds - days after Storm Ciarán, with Remembrance Day services at risk.

Thunderstorms and hail are on the cards today, as well as a scattering of showers in the Midlands - with 26 flood warnings and 129 flood alerts currently in place in England, Scotland and Wales. It comes after dozens of warnings were in place yesterday, the majority along the south coast from Weymouth to Bexhill after heavy rain continued to fall on saturated ground on Saturday.

Downpours are forecast to sweep across the country from the Atlantic, with a band of torrential rain expected to strike the west on Wednesday. Scotland will see the worst of the weather, and could even be hit with snow. A fresh torrent of showers will arrive on Thursday, battering the south coast, which took the brunt of the named storm last week - with gusts of up to 110mph and several inches of rainfall causing widespread devastation.

More bands of rain are set to strike this week (WX Chart)

Rain is set to lash the north-west and Wales for much of Thursday. But after a wet start to Friday could stay largely dry going into the weekend - though WXCharts forecasts show the likes of Yorkshire, Lancashire and parts of Scotland could see the worst of it. Another band of heavy rain could then sweep across the south coast on Saturday night - meaning Remembrance Sunday maybe hampered.

It comes after East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service yesterday issued an urgent warning to motorists after being called to incidents where cars have become trapped in floodwater. In a statement, it said: "We continue to urge motorists to take extra care on the roads. Our crews have continued to work hard overnight and into this morning."

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Shoppers brave the rain in Liverpool last week (Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)

Met Office meteorologist Simon Partridge said: "The one thing that is an area that we are keeping an eye on is that there is a further band of rain that pushes across the whole of the UK on Wednesday. It will see wet and windy weather on Wednesday moving across all parts of the UK, with some locally heavy rain."

At the moment, this is being monitored to see whether it could cause problems. Mr Partridge added: "By then we would have had three solid days where river levels could have recovered, so hopefully by then things will not be quite as sensitive as they are now."

Flooded shops in the town centre after flooding in Downpatrick (PA)

Meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey told the MailOnline: "As we head into Tuesday there is a slight change afoot as we have a ridge of high pressure which is spreading its way in from the Atlantic and across the UK,' he said. "So the day itself will start of very showery, most of those showers frequent in the west but during the daytime that ridge of high pressure will help ease those showers off. They will turn lighter. They will turn more scattered and more of us will see those drier and sunnier intervals start developing.

"I have possibly broken the record for the number of times I've said showers in this forecast but there is eventually a change of theme as we head into Wednesday and that is all because of this area of rain which is associated with a frontal system and that is steadily heading towards the UK as we head towards Wednesday, sweeping its way across and bring a much widely wet period."

Ryan Merrifield