Weather experts have warned that winters could only get wetter (Image: Getty)
experts have warned that the UK could see its winters get wetter and its summers get drier with longer periods of intense rainfall coupled with hotter summers.
The warnings come as the country continues to recover from this week’s that drenched football pitches, submerged motorways, and ruined the homes of hundreds of Britons.
Speaking to about the UK’s climate this year and what this means for the future, ’s Dr Paulo Ceppi warned that would play a role and could cause significant changes to the UK’s seasons.
He warned: “The best understanding we have is that winters will carry on getting wetter and summers will probably get a bit drier.”
Dr Ceppi isn’t the only expert to have commented on the impact of and global warming on the UK’s weather.
The UK has broken several temperature and rain records in recent years (Image: Getty)
Commenting on the recent flooding in parts of the country, weather expert said the flooding had been “overdue” and that there was more to come.
He explained: “It was overdue, everybody else was getting the poor weather, catastrophic weather. The majority of that was heat-induced.
“What’s happening and the clue to what might come next is the fact the oceans have been much warmer than average, at record levels.
“The extra energy in the oceans is the driver for potentially more in the way of extreme weather, unusual weather, however, there is a luck element that goes with this.”
More rain is expected to strike the UK this week (Image: Getty)
What’s more, Mr Dale also ruminated about the summer just gone, one which saw overcast skies and temperatures far from the record highs witnessed in 2022 when the UK experienced 40C heat.
He said: “For the most part this summer we’ve been on the temperate side of things. My expectation is from time to time we will find ourselves in certain situations with wind and rain that will cause storms and floods.
“However, we are into unusual times where we might see something more than expected just like Europe has seen recently.”
It is the increasing frequency of these floods that is becoming a much greater issue, causing experts to warn that the UK may not be prepared for watery disasters on its doorstep.
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The reported that former Environment agency flood incident commander Dave Throup warned: “Statistically these are One-in-100 year events but because of climate change they are now happening regularly. There is no way we can simply build our way out of this. We need to adapt and respond – fast.”
Mr Throup added that from a topographical perspective, Britain is a lot less capable of absorbing water than it used to be thanks to the loss of wetlands and the hardening of the soil. These conditions have already started to force families to move to avoid losing their homes.
He said: “On some places, you’ve had tarmacking over floodplains, building developments, that sort of thing. But more significantly, agriculture has meant the mass draining of land, which leads to harder soil. So the rain just runs off the top.
“In parts of the east coast of England, the official policy in some areas is effectively abandonment. There are communities along rivers where I am, where if the floods get bigger and start overwhelming flood defences on a regular basis, who’s going to want to live there?”