UK weather forecast: US Hurricane Debby set to bring abrupt END to British summer with torrential downpours this weekend
US Hurricane Debby set to bring abrupt END to British summer with torrential downpours this weekend
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Hurricane Debby will bring an abrupt end to the British summer as torrential downpours look set to batter the UK, meteorologists have claimed.
The Met Office has already issued a yellow weather warning today as Central, Tayside & Fife, Highlands & Eilean Siar, SW Scotland, Lothian Borders, and Strathclyde face up to 75mm of rain.
Scots will face downpours in places even after the warning is lifted at 9pm tonight.
The situation even resulted in six flood alerts and one flood warning being issued by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
WXCHARTS has forecast downpours from the weekend onwards
WXCHARTSHowever, NetWeather is warning a strong zonal jet stream could bring stormy conditions associated with Hurricane Debby to the UK.
NetWeather said: “Beyond a week, models become increasingly reliable, but 00z GFS and ECMWF runs this morning do show a similar picture of a strong zonal jet stream by next weekend eventually moving south of the UK into the following week.
“This would mean areas of low pressure just the north of the jet stream tracking further south than usual for August, across southern Britain.”
The weather forecasting website added: “Next week does look fairly dry and settled towards SE England, but more changeable conditions are likely towards the north and west of the UK, as depressions move past the north of Britain and associated frontal systems move east over northern, central and western Britain.
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“But next weekend it may turn unsettled across all parts, as the jet stream strengthens but also starts to shift south, taking areas of low pressure further south as they track east towards and over the UK.”
Storm Debby, which was identified as a Category 1 storm, was nearing landfall.
The storm sustained maximum winds of 80 mph, with even stronger gusts.
It is about 40 miles west-northwest of Cedar Key, 80 miles south-southeast of Tallahassee, Florida, and is moving to the north-northeast at 12 mph.
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More than 100,000 homes and businesses in Florida have been left without power after hurricane-force winds battered the Sunshine State.
Florida’s airports have also been forced to cancel or delay hundreds of flights.
Orlando International Airport cancelled 193 flights and delayed an additional 497.
Tampa International Airport also cancelled 133 flights and delayed a further 209.