The UK is likely to be battered by a brutal storm in the coming days with strong winds and heavy rain set to smash into the country. WXCharts weather maps generated on August 17 using the MetDesk data show that around 17 regions of the country could be impacted by the stormy conditions starting August 27.
The dramatic map shows that the massive storm will start making its way to the country on August 27 from Ireland. The maps suggest that rainfall up to 25-35mm could be experienced in the northern as well as a few southern parts of the country. The northern parts of the country, such as Inverness, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, could be hugely impacted by the stormy conditions.
According to the maps, areas around Newcastle, London, Southampton, Reading, Oxford, Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth and Cambridge will see strong winds upto 65-70km/h during the last week of August.
It comes as the Met Office suggested that Storm Erim could have a big say on weather conditions for us in the latter part of August.
Cape Verde has already been struck by Storm Erin, leading officials to issue a state of emergency for the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão, located off Africa’s western coast.
Around nine people were killed and around 1,500 were forced to evacuate their homes due to Storm Erin.
The Met Office’s long-range forecast between August 25 and 31 reads: “High pressure is likely to be the dominant feature at first bringing widely fine and dry weather whilst a generally northerly flow leads to rather cool conditions.
“This will be increasingly eroded from the west as frontal systems start to move in from the Atlantic through the weekend, leading to more changeable conditions. Whilst this is happening a deep area of low pressure is likely to develop in the North Atlantic, linked to Hurricane Erin.
“This likely progresses towards the UK through the early part of the week. The changeable period will likely continue through the last week of August, especially in the north and west, with a small chance of widely wetter and windier weather developing. The evolution of this is highly uncertain though.”