Hurricane Gaston likely to batter parts of UK

August 29, 2016 6:39 PM | Skymet Weather Team

Britain is likely to be bashed up by a ferocious hurricane gushing at a speed of 90 mph.

Hurricane Gaston which has formed off Florida coast is now shifting its track towards northeast UK. However, signals of it weakening over as it travels across the Atlantic is also foreseen.

Moreover, Gaston has been charted as a category-1 hurricane, the highest cataloguing of storm by America’s National Hurricane Centre.

As per the forecasters, the hurricane, if it makes an arrival over the UK, it would be after a calm week. Moreover, most regions of the country are also likely to witness rising temperatures especially on Thursday.

The temperatures are likely to settle around 25°C mark towards the south along with sunny and clear skies. However Hurricane Gaston, is expected to spoil the weather during next week. At present, US east coast is on high alerts against hurricane Gaston.

As per the Met Department, different models are indicating different aspects. There are some various weather models that are not indicating the exact track of the hurricane is towards UK. Thence, possibility of any impact over the country is doubtful.

However, hurricane Gaston is being closely monitored by the Met Department. While most of the meteorologists believe that this hurricane is a formation due to a weak La Nina that has started to develop in the recent months.

Additionally, since last summer, strong El Nino has diminished leading to favorable conditions in the tropics.

Hurricane Gaston is the latest hurricane to develop in the Atlantic and has reached its peak with gusts up to 85-90mph, although this system is expected to slowly weaken and track north-westwards.

It will eventually head north then north-eastwards towards to the UK as a low pressure system, potentially disrupting our weather next week, although confidence is very low on its exact track.

However, forecasters do believe that there are chances this hurricane could miss Britain completely.

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