As Storm Bert continues to bash Britain, there's nary denying the UK is getting a existent mixed container of weather right now.
Described arsenic a "multi-hazard weather event", the tempest has sadly claimed the lives of 3 radical owed to precocious winds, ice, snowfall and dense rain. On Saturday night, a powerfulness chopped impacted 25,600 customers, and the Met Office said temperatures volition beryllium "trending down" adjacent week with much unsettled upwind connected the mode pursuing a play of dense rain, snow, beardown winds and flooding. And the long-range forecast from the Met Office warns of much unsettled upwind connected the mode successful December.
They shared: "The commencement of this play looks similar being mostly settled, with precocious unit adjacent to, if not over, the UK. However, arsenic we determination further into December, determination are signs that it volition go little settled, with westbound oregon northwesterly types preferred.
"These volition bring immoderate wetter and windier interludes with a hazard of immoderate snow, particularly for hills successful the north. These conditions look much apt to predominate towards the mediate of December. Temperatures mostly adjacent to mean done the period."
But immoderate radical are struggling to wrapper their heads astir the upwind they're seeing successful November, with 1 pistillate sharing her three-word absorption erstwhile she looked retired of the model connected Saturday (November 23).
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Sharing the clip to the opus 'Let It Snow', which refers to the upwind arsenic "frightful", TikToker @sophez88 penned her reaction, which was: "What the f**k". The picturesque country successful Newcastle showed snowy rooftops, gardens filled with snow, and cars besides covered with it.
Many radical were jealous successful the comments, with immoderate admitting they haven't had immoderate snow, lone rain, and were hopeless for snowfall wherever they lived.
One wrote: "Why is everyplace other snowing? I've not had a spot of snowfall HURRY UP," with different writing: "Love snow, I've got truthful galore blessed memories of it increasing up arsenic a kid."
Others were grateful they lone had rain, however, with idiosyncratic saying: "We person rain, I'm gladsome it's not snow," and different echoed their sentiment, sharing: "Just rainfall here, convey god. Makes my occupation easier."
Four days ago, a snowfall informing was issued crossed Newcastle, but it seems arsenic though present (Sunday, 24 November) rainfall and sleet is connected the forecast, with mean winds, which volition disappoint those who were enjoying the "winter wonderland" the snowfall brought.
"It's not fair", idiosyncratic complained, saying: "Where I live, it's perfectly peeing it down" - and crossed parts of the UK today, that volition beryllium the case, with showers expected successful galore areas. There is, however, a upwind informing successful the East Midlands, East of England, London and South East England, South West England, and the West Midlands.