General · 2 hours ago
No named storms yet this autumn, but wetter, windier weather is due next week
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
High pressure has pushed Atlantic lows away, and the jet stream, a fast band of high-altitude wind, has sat north of the UK. A shift is expected in the coming week, with a chance of widely disruptive weather later on. Even so, in roughly 50% of the period from 2015 onwards, the initial storm appeared later than 1 November.
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