Strong winds from Florida expected to hit the UK later this week
This is due to ex-tropical storm Alex
Last updated 7th Jun 2022
We've been told to expect 'unseasonably' strong winds this week as the remnants of ex-tropical storm Alex blows into the UK.
According to the Met Office, this is expected to kick off on Thursday with weaker rain at low pressure moving from west to east.
On Friday, winds will begin to strengthen across the UK and some showers set to move into the North-West of England as well as Scotland.
Forecasters have warned that this could result in seeing 45mph gusts of high winds - drastically different June weather than the predominantly dry, warm weather of nearly 20°C that many of us got to experience today.
Storm Alex caused disruption across Florida last week, producing heavy rainfall over the weekend in several regions, including Miami, which reportedly experienced 5.24 inches of rain.
Oli Claydon, a Met Office spokesperson, said on this expected forecast: "The wind is the main part of the story - unseasonably strong winds for the time of year.
"We could see gusts of up to 45mph through Friday. Those sorts of wind speeds will be fairly confined to the far north-west of the UK, but as the low pressure goes over the north of the UK through Saturday, a wider area of the north of the UK could see those sorts of wind speeds.
"It will be windy everywhere across the UK, but the further south you go, the less influence the low pressure will have."
Mr Claydon added that the ex-storm will largely lose its strength as it progresses into the weekend and that "it doesn't have its regular tropical properties in terms of strength".
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