Strong waves caused by Storm Kathleen crashed ashore in Porthleven (Picture: Reuters)
Storm Kathleen may be heading out the door soon – but Pierrick will be stepping in to finish the job.
Storn Kathleen has been rocking Britain since Thursday and forecasters expect 70mph winds, ‘blood rain’ and floods in the coming days.
This is because a second Atlantic weather system will crash into the country today.
Nick Finnis, a forecaster for the independent forecaster Neweather, said: ‘It feels like we’re being punished by the weather gods.
‘After Kathleen, another deep low takes aim at us on Monday.’
France’s national weather service has named this new wave of wet and windy weather Storm Pierrick, which is bringing ‘threatening clouds’ and ‘violent gales’ of up to 80mph to northern France early this week.
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Strong winds will wreak havoc on the UK for several days (Picture: Anita Maric/SWNS)
Wind is something the UK will have to get used to as well.
With England’s southwestern coast set to be lashed by 70mph winds this evening, a yellow weather warning is in place from 6pm until 6am tomorrow.
Tomorrow the southeast will be blown by 60mph winds with 50mph elsewhere. Wednesday and Friday in the north-west will be hit by winds of 60mph or more.
Three new yellow weather warnings will come into force tomorrow. They include one for rain in central Scotland from 1am to 6pm, with the country likely seeing up to three inches of rainfall.
The north and west of England will take up to two inches.
A second yellow alert for wind across the western coast of England is in effect from 1am to 3pm, with 65mph gusts expected for exposed coasts of southwest and West Wales.
Wind will similarly cut into the southern coast, with a yellow weather warning being in place from 1am to 12pm.
There’s just one yellow weather warning today (Picture: Metro.co.uk)
But four separate warnings will come into force tomorrow (Picture: Metro.co.uk)
If the rain and double-digit wind weren’t bad enough, you might also look out your window to see ‘blood rain’.
Thankfully, this isn’t anything biblical. Blood rain can be hard to define, but the Met Office says it’s rain mixed with warm air sand from the Sahara that the storm has carried thousands of miles to the UK.
All this sand and dirt colours the rain ‘red’.
Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna said: ‘If you notice your windows look dirty after rain, it could well be Saharan dust deposits.
‘Monday’s low-pressure system will bring more wind and rain.’
The Environment Agency, which has issued two dozen flood warnings and 155 flood alerts, said: ‘Coastal flooding is possible in England from Monday to Wednesday, with inland flooding possible in the North and Midlands due to heavy rain.’
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Kathleen is the 11th named storm the UK has seen since last September – weather officials first start recording storms from this month to coincide with autumn.
If a storm is named, you know it’s a pretty big one. Forecasters name storms so it’s easy for the public to receive news and messages around it to keep them safe.
Meteorological services across the UK agree to a list of storm names well in advance. They’re usually names submitted by regular people and go from A to W.
The next storm the UK manages to name will be Lilian, with Minnie, Nicholas and Olga following.
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