Weather maps have turned red depicting the possibility of rain and storm (Image: WXCharts)
Huge winds and torrential rain are forecast to smash into the UK in days with turning red and hammering the country with brutal .
s from WXCharts show raging gusts up to 70mph may batter some areas with .
According to the maps, an Atlantic frontal system will move toward the UK, thus, bringing in .
The weather will begin to turn for the worse around October 11, with the heaviest rain expected to drench large parts of the country on October 13, maps suggest.
The is forecasted to batter Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland and the north of England with Belfast, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds and Newcastle among the cities predicted to be hammered by heavy rain.
It comes as the country witnessed that caused travel mayhem, with numerous roads closed and vehicles submerged in water.
Strong winds are likely to blast parts of the UK, maps show. (Image: WXCharts)
The said by the second half of next week, Hurricane Kirk, which is currently in the Atlantic, will introduce some uncertainty to the extended-range forecast.
Tony Wisson from the said: “Hurricane Kirk is currently in the tropical Atlantic. It is expected to move north into cooler waters, where it will lose a lot of its strength, but maintain its identity as a moderately deep low pressure system.
“There are complex processes involved when a hurricane undergoes what is known as ‘extra tropical transition’. This results in a lot of variability in the forecast, which means that predictability is low at longer lead times. Therefore, confidence in any one scenario is very low.
“There are a few apparent scenarios. One scenario suggests that this low pressure system could come close to, or even cross, the UK by Wednesday or Thursday next week. This would lead to heavy rain and strong winds in places.
“Another scenario is for the low pressure system to stay further west in the mid-Atlantic, keeping much of the associated rain and wind away from the UK. Other possibilities are also apparent, but we need to wait until we have more information, to determine which scenario will win out.”
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Temperature levels may fall as low as 3C in some parts of the country, maps show. (Image: WXCharts)
The ’s long-range forecast from October 7-16 reads: “An Atlantic low-pressure system will drift eastwards across the UK through the first part of next week.
“This will bring widely unsettled conditions, with showers or longer spells of rain, heavy and persistent at times, especially over hills. Strong winds are possible too, with exposed and windward coastal areas prone to the strongest winds.
“The theme of low pressure will continue to dominate the weather for the rest of the week, with showers or longer spells of rain.
“There is a possibility that a deeper low-pressure system, ex-Hurricane Kirk, will move close to the UK around mid-week, bringing further spells of wet and windy weather. Alternatively, this system could remain to the west of the UK. However, the theme of unsettled weather is expected to prevail.”