The weather agency predicts more stormy weather is on the way
The first month of 2025 saw extreme freezing temperatures, snow and most notably the destructive “bomb cyclone” Storm Eowyn.
Jeff Knight, Science Lead in Modelling Climate Variability at the Met Office, said: “An increase in westerly winds from the Atlantic is usually associated with more low-pressure systems, and in winter these bring wet, windy and mild conditions to the UK. The increased chances of westerly winds in the Outlook therefore implies a greater risk of stormy spells.”
“Although the Outlook can’t give any indication of the severity of specific events and therefore if any particular system will be named, the chance of impacts from wet and windy weather, particularly during February and March, are higher than normal." Will storms get worse in the UK? There are no obvious trends in maximum gust speeds over the last four decades in the UK, according to the UK State of the Climate report. This is largely due to windstorm numbers being difficult to detect.
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