The Met Office has issued danger to life warnings for Wednesday and Thursday this week as Storm Agnes is set to bring very high winds to the UK. The first named storm of the season is expected to sweep across Britain this week, bringing heavy rain and gale force winds.
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The Met Office has warned that the extreme weather could result in travel disruption, damaged buildings and power cuts. The storm is expected to come in from the southwest tomorrow, on Wednesday 27 September, and make its way up through the Irish Sea to northern areas of the UK. We've been having a string of extreme weather conditions with the remnants of Hurricane Lee and Nigel also reaching the UK, but thankfully, the bad weather shouldn’t last all week.
How long Storm Agnes is expected to last
Storm Agnes is expected to bring two days of heavy rain and high winds, but forecasters say we can look forward to better weather towards the end of this week. The Met Office expects the rain to ease up by Thursday afternoon. Thankfully, Friday and Saturday should then be mostly dry.
The first named storm of the autumn and winter season is expected to hit the United Kingdom and Ireland on Wednesday.
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Weather in October
As we make our way into October, we will enjoy warm temperatures for autumn - what is known as ‘an Indian summer’. The UK is expected to hit highs of 24C after the storm. This warmer weather should start on Saturday and continue until the following Tuesday, according to forecasters.
British Weather Services’ senior meteorological consultant Jim Dale told the Mirror:
A taste of an Indian summer is currently on the cards in the aftermath of the ‘offspring’ of the ex-hurricane Nigel [Storm Agnes], and will last from Saturday to the following Tuesday. It’ll mainly cover South-East England, with 23 or 24C possible at the upper limits.
However, there will still be some rain. The Met Office has said that there should be ‘a fairly settled start [to October] across most parts of the UK, excluding northern areas, where showers are likely to continue, especially in the northwest.’
It is still a British autumn after all!
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The Independent: UK weather latest updates: Storm Agnes forecast to bring heavy rain and winds up to 80mph
