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The Met Office has issued several National Severe Weather Warnings for strong winds and heavy rain brought by Storm Ciara throughout the weekend, including an Amber warning for much of England and Wales on Sunday. Yellow wind and rain warnings have been issued for north-western parts of the UK
Storm Ciara will bring heavy rain and widespread gales to the UK this weekend.
and Tuesday. Storm Ciara is expected to bring a range of impacts, including delays and cancellations to transport services, damage to power supplies and large coastal waves. Frank Saunders, Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office said: “An extremely strong jet stream will steer a succession of low-pressure
Storm Ciara Storm Ciara was the third named storm of the 2019/2020 season and the most severe storm of the winter season so far. Amber warnings were issued for both strong wind and heavy rain. Winds gusted at over 60Kt widely across England and Wales and in terms of gust speeds this was the most
Storm Dennis Storm Dennis was the fourth named storm of the 2019/2020 season. Arriving one week after storm Ciara, Dennis brought heavy and persistent rain across much of the UK – especially Wales and western England. Western upland parts of the UK received 50 to 100mm or more of rain falling
Named by the Met Office, Storm Dennis will bring heavy rain and widespread strong winds to many parts of the UK on Saturday and Sunday, though the impacts are not expected to be as extreme as Storm Ciara last weekend. The system will develop in the North Atlantic before tracking eastwards towards
Ciara and Dennis, but flooding problems continued in the aftermath of these earlier storms and as a result of further rain falling on already saturated ground. The railway line between Cardiff and Swansea as closed and there were reports of further localised flooding. The M4 in west Wales
Named by the Met Office, the impacts from this low-pressure system are not expected to be as extreme as Storm Ciara but will bring widespread strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK.
in the coming days. Steve Ramsdale, Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office said: “Another spell of very wet and windy weather is expected for Saturday, although Storm Dennis is currently not expected to be as severe as Ciara disruption is still likely. Our confidence in the forecast means we have
and southern counties. The rest of the month was windy and exceptionally wet, with rain frequently moving in from the west and south-west and giving large totals. Storm Ciara on the 9th and Storm Dennis on the 15th brought exceptional rainfall totals to much of the country, and it was also very wet
climatology given as a percentage Three named storms crossed the UK during February, Ciara, Dennis and Jorge. The heavy rainfall throughout the month resulted in some severe impacts with many areas flooded, including parts of Yorkshire, Wales and the Midlands. John Curtin, Executive Director
of weather this weekend with a risk of flooding, particularly in parts of England and Wales and also southern Scotland, where snowmelt will add to the flood risk. “Following Storm Ciara last weekend and further spells of rain this week, the ground is already saturated in places. With Storm Dennis
