Met Office issues named storm warning as Brits set to face more weather chaos

Brits person been reeling from a bitter acold drawback for overmuch of January with temperatures plummeting to beneath freezing crossed overmuch of the state and minus treble digits successful higher crushed areas

The Met Office has warned different named tempest could beryllium connected the mode aft Brits up and down the state were buffeted by an Arctic blast.

Meteorologists shared the grim update successful its long-range forecast from adjacent week into February 2. The Met Office said wide conditions predicted for the aboriginal signifier of adjacent week would springiness mode to "more unsettled" conditions from Friday.

An area of debased pressure, that has not yet developed, could steer itself toward the UK connected a almighty Jet Stream fuelled by the bitter acold drawback successful North America, the Met Office said. Temperatures successful North America plummeted with snowfall tempest blasting residents crossed aggregate states and leaving galore without power.

"A bedewed and windy fewer days are likely, with immoderate snowfall successful the northbound for a time, and past a continuation of these periods of rainfall followed by showers, often accompanied by beardown winds, looks apt for the remainder of the period and the commencement of February," the agelong scope forecast said. "There is the imaginable for weather warnings oregon adjacent a named tempest astatine immoderate point. Temperatures astatine slightest should retrieve successful astir places, ending up a small supra average, though admittedly not feeling similar it astatine times."

The forecast comes arsenic the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued cold-health alerts for ample parts of the state until January 21. The 8 yellowish alerts, which mean a greater hazard of beingness of susceptible people, were issued for the North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London and the South East.

Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey contiguous said that wide spells and sunshine were expected for bluish Scotland with conditions remaining cloudy for galore connected Monday. Weather maps amusement greeting temperatures volition highest successful the South West of England and Belfast astatine 7C and 8C, respectively. Wales and the northbound of England volition spot the mercury emergence to 3C with Glasgow and occidental Scotland besides experiencing a comparatively balmy 7C.

The meteorologist said temperatures would hover betwixt 4C and 9C aboriginal connected Monday with conditions remaining akin for overmuch of the aboriginal to mid-week. "As we caput towards the backmost extremity of the forthcoming week, determination are signs that things are going to beryllium turning overmuch much unsettled for us," helium added. "Heavy rainfall arriving, immoderate beardown winds. We could besides spot snowfall successful places arsenic well."

But Brits successful galore parts of the state volition request to stay vigilant with flood alerts successful spot successful the southbound and South East of England. Residents successful the pursuing areas person been told to beryllium alert of flood alerts successful their region:

• Groundwater flooding successful Kimpton and Lilley Bottom
• Groundwater flooding successful Flamstead
• Chertsey Bourne
• River Windrush from Bourton to Newbridge
• Groundwater flooding successful the Lambourn Valley catchment
• Groundwater flooding successful the Great Shefford area
• Groundwater flooding successful West Ilsley, East Ilsley, Compton, Chilton and West Hagbourne
• Groundwater flooding successful Salisbury Plain area
• Groundwater flooding successful villages surrounding Andover
• Groundwater flooding successful Deane and Ashe successful North Hampshire
• Groundwater flooding successful the Candovers and Old Alresford
• Groundwater flooding successful the Cranborne Chase country
• Lower Avon and tributaries