U.K. Weather News: Britain’s Coldest Winter Enters After Storm Angus Hit
Latest weather news seems to be not in favor of Britain as another extreme weather forecast will follow the damages brought by Storm Angus in a few weeks. Britons are to expect their coldest winter with more gales and snow.
According to Euro News, the country was lashed by heavy rains, flash floods, and strong winds at the time Storm Angus. There were 17 flood warnings and 103 alerts issued by the Environment Agency.
After the devastation, weather forecasters say that the subtle changes in the atmosphere will cause the Polar air to sweep over Britain in the coming week. It is most likely that the below-average temperature will continue for the next three months, Express UK reported.
The main contributor to this change is the "weak Polar vortex" that is pushing the imminent freeze. Last weekend was reportedly the coldest night of autumn with the temperature at negative 9.8 Celsius at Loch Glascarnoch in the Scottish Highlands.
The Polar vortex is described as a layer of cold air atmosphere that spins on top of the stratosphere around the Arctic region. When this weakens, air sinks downwards going towards Northern Europe and this brings a longer period of winter. It can also affect the Sudden Stratospheric Warming to rise and this will cause the wind direction to go up, thus driving the cold weather.
Similarly, experts say that people can expect an exceptionally cold and white Christmas this year. James Madden, an Exacta Weather forecaster said: "There is the risk of a snow event during the final part of November and early December in some parts to the north of the country to start the meteorological winter. This will then pave the way for exceptional cold and snowfall in December particularly during the second half of the month."
Meanwhile, a Met Office spokesperson said that while temperature most of the time below average and frosts are to be expected, it will still vary between mild and fairly cold. For the next few days, a calmer weather with milder temperatures can be expected in the lower half of the country. Temperatures to rise to double figures in the south, while the north will be between freezing to around 4 degrees Celsius. Overall, everywhere will turn cooler as the end of the week approaches.
"From Wednesday onwards we are expecting high pressure to build so it will be a real context to the low-pressure dominated stormy weather we have had. Then we expect this calmer weather to last into the weekend, we could see another low pressure come in on Tuesday, but in between things are looking relatively quiet," spokesman Grahame Madge said.
