While storm Herminia brings severe gales and persistent rain to our shores, its wind speeds won't match those of Storm Eowyn. However, its slow-moving nature means more sustained rainfall across the country.
While there are signs of an improvement by the end of the month, for the moment it remains very unsettled. Another storm, 'Herminia', named by the Spanish Met Service, is currently bringing rain and severe gales to the North and West of the Iberian Peninsula. It's also bringing wet weather, very windy to our shores, with a band of heavy rain sweeping northward across the country today, followed by blustery showers.
Storm 'Herminia', while still damaging with gusts in excess of 70 mph over exposed coasts and hills in the West and South, is not as severe as Storm 'Eowyn'. However, 'Herminia' will bring more rain as it becomes slow-moving across the country into the new working week. It is strong enough to prompt more yellow Met Office warnings for the remainder of today and into Monday. Several warn of heavy rain and strong winds, mainly for Wales and the southern half of the country.
Rainfall totals over the next 48 hours
As we move into Sunday afternoon, the rain and strong winds already over Wales, the Midlands and South will quickly spread to remaining parts of East Anglia and the North. Bursts of heavy rain will then be followed by blustery showers across the South West and South Wales before dusk. Meanwhile, Scotland will be drier before rain and hill snow move into the South towards evening.
Rain, preceded by mainly hill snow, moves northward through Scotland after dark, with an East or South-easterly gale feeling raw before somewhat milder air moves into the South. Lowest temperatures here will be zero to +4C. The East and South of England continue to see outbreaks of heavy rain, followed by broken skies later. Elsewhere, once the rain has cleared from Northern Ireland and the North, expect passing blustery showers, some heavy with thunder in the West and South West.
A strong and blustery South-east or southerly wind will give gusts up to 60 or 70mph in the West, along the South coast and over exposed hills, and will feel chilly. Despite this, temperatures shouldn't fall below 3 to 6C.
You'll notice the barometer in your hallway very low on Monday as Storm 'Herminia' ambles its way slowly eastward through the Irish Republic, keeping it very unsettled into the new working week. Rain and hill snow will clear from northern Scotland, and while there'll be a few sunny intervals mainly in the East, all parts will see showers. These will be heavy and blustery, giving local hail and thunder, and becoming prolonged especially in the West, with further hill snow possible over Scotland.
Winds will tend to decrease over Northern Ireland, with an East or South-easterly breeze not quite so strong over much of Scotland. Elsewhere, a southerly wind remains strong and blustery, with gusts in excess of 60mph along the South coast and over coasts and hills in the West. It'll feel cold in the wind, but temperatures of 6 to 9C across the board will be well up to normal for late January.
Winds will probably remain strong and gusty after dark across the East and South, but as Storm 'Herminia' becomes ensconced across the country, winds elsewhere should decrease. It'll still be blustery though, with quite frequent showers heavy in places and embedded troughs enhancing the showery activity. As colder winds arrive over Scotland, the showers will turn increasingly wintry in the North, especially on hills. Here, a slight frost is possible in some sheltered glens by morning where temperatures may fall close to freezing, but for much of the country, 2 to 5C should be a more general minimum.
IDO Again faulty run, from dartboard lows to ridiculous isobars.. Expect it to be different for the 12Z.
Same as yesterday
Don Bizarrely, I seem to remember that set the record for the longest number of days with snow falling somewhere in the UK. Unfortunately it was all just flurries.
I feel like we've been stuck in that hiatus for about 10 days already..
At D9, the Atlantic cannot break through and, if anything, is being edged back west. A hiatus for the UK, stuck in the middle of two air masses as we wait for a winner:
plenty of wintery showers this morning a mix of rain, Sleet, Hail a few snow flakes, and the showers are bring the temp down. now 2.4c, dp 2.