Storm Debi: Here’s what the Met office has to say about claims of more bad weather

The UK has been battered by two major storms in the last two weeks and both have caused some serious damage. The first storm to wreak havoc was Storm Babet and then this week, the UK had to endure Storm Ciaran, with winds of up to 104 mph and severe rain.

As Storm Ciaran is nearing the end of its tyranny, the country may not have long to rest as another storm is heading this way. However, at the moment, meteorologists are still on the fence about whether this next storm will be as destructive and whether or not it’ll be given a name.

The UK has more bad weather coming

Storm Ciaran is ending, despite weather warnings still in place until this afternoon, Saturday, November 4. As per Express, weather maps show that another wave of heavy rain is heading towards the UK.

Thankfully, according to predictions, the next storm won’t be ‘anywhere near as severe’ as a named storm. This means that the next storm is unlikely to be given a name, which would have been Debi.

Oli Claydon, a press officer for the Met Office, told Express:

Low pressure will influence the weather across the UK this weekend though the low pressure is nowhere near as deep as Storm Ciaran and there is no expectation that it will be named.

The next storm won’t be as bad

Even though the next storm won’t be as bad as Storms Babet and Ciaran, bad weather is still forecast. According to Claydon, the UK can expect strong winds but will slowly ease away across the country.

The strong winds will continue to ease through today. Areas of rain will slowly become less persistent across northern and northeastern areas too.

He then added that there will be some sunny spells followed by showers, which for certain areas in the West could be heavy:

Elsewhere there will be some sunshine and a scattering of showers which could be heavy at times, predominantly in the West.

Overnight patchy rain will continue in the far northeast with some showers in the west. Clear spells developing in places ahead of a band of rain spreading northeastwards from the southwest.

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Sources used:

Express: ‘Met Office verdict on Storm Debi as weather maps show new chaos 'hot on heels' of Ciaran’

Mirror: ‘Storm Debi: Everything we know about next blast of bad weather once Ciaran passes’