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Summer will soon become a distant memory as weather warnings are issued with over 150mm of rain expected as the remnants of a hurricane are set to hit the UK.
The ‘remnants’ of Hurricane Ernesto are set to batter parts of the UK in the week ahead, bringing heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 60mph.
Ernesto ripped through the North Atlantic this week, with maximum winds of 85mph leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico and Bermuda without power.
Rain is expected in the UK from Monday, with Ernesto – now weakened to a tropical storm – set to hit on Wednesday with further downpours and strong winds that will mainly affect Scotland, the Met Office said.
Summer will soon become a distant memory as weather warnings are issued with over 150mm of rain expected. Pictured is the stormy weather in Bangor, Wales last week
People battle against high winds and driving rain on the Garth Pier in Bangor on August 15
Gloomy scenes on Seaburn beach in Sunderland on August 12
Forecasters have issued three yellow weather warnings for rain in Scotland, with up to 150mm expected to fall within a 24-hour period in the worst-affected areas
Forecasters have issued three yellow weather warnings for rain in Scotland, with up to 150mm expected to fall within a 24-hour period in the worst-affected areas.
The warnings cover south-west Scotland and the Lothian borders region on Monday afternoon and evening, and north-east Scotland – including the Highlands, Strathclyde and Central, Tayside and Fife – for most of Wednesday and Thursday.
The rain will be accompanied by strong south-westerly winds, with gusts reaching 50-60mph possible on the coast and around the islands.
The Met Office said there could be delays to public transport, spray and flooding on roads, as well as potential power cuts and flooding in homes and businesses.
There is also a small chance that the spring tide will generate large waves that could result in injuries and a danger to life in coastal areas on Wednesday and Thursday, the weather service added.
Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said: ‘Ernesto, at the moment, is still out on the other side of the Atlantic as a tropical storm.
‘As we go through the next couple of days, it kind of weakens as it moves into cooler waters and gets absorbed into a more typical area of low pressure, which we kind of get quite often.’
The incoming rain will see the back of the summer weather spells recently. Pictured is the River Cam in Cambridge on August 16
Holidaymakers and sunbathers flock to the packed beach at the seaside resort of Lyme Regis to bask in the scorching hot August sunshine on August 16 before the incoming rain
He continued: ‘Because the tropical systems just have so much warmth and a lot of moisture in them, remnants of the warmth and remnants of the moisture will be still there in that weather system on Wednesday and Thursday, so it will enhance the rainfall. ‘
Ernesto is the fifth named storm and the third hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Wet and windy weather is not ‘unusual’ for August, Mr Snell added.
Elsewhere in the UK, the forecast looks ‘quite unsettled’ and it will be a cooler week for many after a high of 34.8C in Cambridge was recorded on August 12, he said.
The south and south-east of England are expected to enjoy the best of the drier weather next week with some warmer spells and highs of around 26C in East Anglia, Mr Snell said.
He said it was a ‘little too early’ to predict the outlook for the upcoming bank holiday weekend.
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