It is set to bring a wet and windy end to summer
Hold on to your brollies in Liverpool city centre(Image: LIVERPOOL ECHO/ Colin Lane)
The Met Office says ex-hurricane Erin is set to bring “unsettled” weather to Liverpool and beyond. Forecasters have said from today, Tuesday, August 26, the tail of the hurricane is “likely to exert some influence” over the UK’s weather through the middle of the week.
In Merseyside, today will start off wet with some rain, however this will clear at around 3pm to bring sunshine. Temperatures will reach highs of 24C and and lows of 14C. Tonight there will be a few light showers which linger along the coast, however it will be a dry evening with some late spells of sunshine and will remain “largely settled overnight”.
Rain is set to Merseyside on Thursday and will last through until Sunday this week. Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Tony Wisson is assessing the medium-range forecast. He said: “There’s still a lot to work out in terms of the exact track and position of what will become Ex-Hurricane Erin.
“This system should have undergone its transition into an ex-hurricane by the time it reaches the mid-Atlantic, and it will continue to weaken as a broad low pressure system as it then drifts towards the UK.
“This will displace our current settled weather, bringing spells of rain and perhaps strong winds in places by the middle of next week.
“Tuesday is when we’re likely to see the start of this influence, with a band of rain pushing from west to east over the UK. Rainfall could be heavy for a time in parts of the west, though it’s too early to be precise with details on this.”
Heavy rain in Liverpool city centre(Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool ECHO)
The Met Office said track and position of Ex-hurricane Erin will be vital in determining “exact potential impacts” on the UK and details will become clearer in the coming days.
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