Tail-End Of Hurricane Joaquin Could Hit UK

The Met Office has warned that Britain could be lashed by the remnants of Hurricane Joaquin, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.

The forecaster said the tail-end of the hurricane, which has already caused havoc in the United States, Barbados, Bahamas and Bermuda, could arrive at the weekend.

But its possible arrival is not expected to bring the 100mph-strong winds that are currently battering Bermuda.

Dean Hall, from the Met Office, said: "There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding this weekend with the possibility of Hurricane Joaquin coming in.

"There's the potential of it being quite wet and windy throughout."

Mr Hall went on to say that there would also be a marked contrast to the recent warm weather at the start of this week.

"All changes this week with low pressure weather, showers, thunder and breezy in parts. Certainly a contrast to what we have been used to in the last few weeks," he said.

"Showers will continue Monday spreading north but feeling warm in any sunshine despite the wind."

He added: "The wet weather will clear on Wednesday leaving some fine, dry conditions for Thursday and there is the risk of mist, fog and perhaps a bit of frost."

After roaring across parts of the Bahamas as a category 4 hurricane, Joaquin has lost steam as it travels across the Atlantic and winds have dropped to 105mph, making it a category 2 storm.

However, it was still expected to bring hurricane conditions and a "life-threatening" storm surge to Bermuda as it hit on Sunday night.

Sky's weather producer Joanna Robinson said: "Joaquin's forecast track takes it north-eastwards across the Atlantic, where it will eventually be picked up by the Jet Stream.

"It will then head towards Europe as an area of low pressure, but exactly where it will reach is still uncertain.

"It does look like the UK will see a ridge of high pressure later in the week, therefore stalling the remnants of Joaquin over the Atlantic.

"Where it will go over the weekend is still very uncertain and depends on the exact position of the area of high pressure.

"It may move to the north of the UK or perhaps to the south, but either way it won’t be anything like the storm seen over the Bahamas and Bermuda."