As Storm 13 moves away and breaks off the elongated area of low pressure Storm 14/ Imogen will be left in its wake...
Yep, that's right storm 14 is on the way and this one is likely to bring disruptive weather tomorrow morning, but this time in the South. At the moment the storm is sitting just west of Ireland at 960mb, and is expected to move over Ireland and then up towards Scotland throughout the day on Monday, before moving out into the North sea and not really leaving until Wednesday. As the storm moves over Scotland the centre will elongate pushing the worst of the winds towards the south Coast. This will be because of the tightening of the isobars around the southern edge of the storm system. Winds overnight Sunday, and throughout the day on Monday will gust to 80mph widely along the South Coast, However exposed places, such as the southern facing coasts of the Isle of Wight could see gusts of over 90mph and an Amber warning is in place, however I wouldn't be surprised if a Red warning for wind is issued at some point. Inland winds could gust to 70mph, and in the North just 40 or 50mph. Rain with this system will likely exasperate the flooding issues in the South West and will likely cause some more widespread flooding in Wales, The West Of Scotland, and Southern England, with the South East only having the possibility of flooding. The worst of the rain will be overnight Sunday into Monday. However, there is the possibility for more prolonged rain on Tuesday in those places mention above. Otherwise showers are likely anywhere not mentioned, with them becoming wintry in the far North. The Outlook period does look as though we could see another system potentially bulldozing straight through the country Overnight Thursday into Friday. This is something we will be keeping an eye on in the coming days!
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Storm 13 will bring impacts to slightly different parts of the UK as well as the norm. Throughout the day on Saturday the storm will move its way up the Western facing coast of Ireland and then make a beeline for the North of Scotland and by Sunday it will be centred over Northern Scotland. However the worst of the winds are going to be felt in the south with 60-70mph gusts with 70+mph possible in places. The North wont completely escape as the central pressure will be around 972mb meaning that the winds could potentially reach 60+mph. As far as rain is concerned everywhere for a time will see some locally heavy rain push through with the potential of flooding greatest anywhere away from Central, and Eastern areas of the UK.
After this it is unclear what will happen. This is because there is another area of low pressure directly behind it that may bump into Storm 13 and merge and sit over or just to the East of the UK. If it sits to the east it will bring with it some colder air so we will need to watch this. An update on this storm will follow on Saturday evening or Sunday morning. |