Thought we in the UK might finally see a glimmer of sunshine this August? Sorry to break it to you, but you thought wrong. Time to banish dreams of sunbathing and back-to-back barbecues. The rain is here to stay.
Right now, in fact, there’s a 500-mile ‘twister’ tropical storm making its way over the Atlantic and its remnants are expected to hit the UK towards the end of this week. While some experts predict that the storm could mutate into a hurricane, the Met Office says that there is uncertainty around what conditions will actually look like.
Kathryn Chalk, a Met Office spokesperson told the Express that such a phenomenon is not actually that unusual. She said: ‘It won’t be a hurricane if/when it reaches the UK as they are tropical features which require sea temperatures much higher than those around the UK.’
She said that if the UK gets caught in the storm’s firing line, it will be classified as an ‘ex-hurricane’ or ‘extra-tropical cyclone’.
Either way, the UK is still set to endure a lot of rain. According to experts, we can expect even more dreary and unsettled weather over the next ten days, with temperatures of 20C in the south and 17-18C in the north.
The Met Office said: ‘Unsettled conditions will persist through the start of August, with days of sunny spells and showers perhaps interspersed with periods of more persistent rain as low pressure systems move across the UK.
‘When these low pressure systems occur, they are more likely to run across southern parts of the UK while the north remains drier.
‘Otherwise, on showery days, showers will often be concentrated in the north and east, where they may be heavy and thundery at times and could occasionally merge into longer spells of rain. Western areas are more likely to remain drier, although the chance of showers remains.’
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