The latest Atlantic low brought a fresh wave of trouble with yet more damaging winds, flooding rains, hail as well as thunder and lightning. Unfortunately this system as it pushed in from the southwest, drove a tidal storm surge which flooded many promenade’s from Devon to Ayrshire.

Here’s a stunning high res satellite image captured by NASA from earlier today showing the swirl of cloud associated with this latest powerful Atlantic storm.

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Here was the scene from Saltcoats, Ayrshire earlier.

The reason for the coastal flooding caused by tidal storm surge is due to strong, long-fetch SW winds which force the sea level to rise and combined with a high spring tide, the sea comes ashore, sometimes with devastating consequences.

Check out the below BEFORE and AFTER shots of a swimming pool in coastal Wales, showing the effects of this tidal surge.

BEFORE

AFTER

More moisture lifts north over the UK tonight, further increasing additional flooding but the main thing about tomorrow will be the calm before the next storm which arrives Sunday-Monday. Speaking of tomorrow, it will be colder in the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland with a risk of hill snow and even some snow to lower levels with highs in the 3-5C range.

Here’s that brief break tomorrow.

Then here comes the next mess later Sunday!

Once the main ‘active’ front has pushed through, look for southwest winds, spells of rain and blustery showers into mid next week.

Breakdown Of Stormy Pattern A Turn To Colder On The Way!

Then a turn to chillier northwest winds with a breather come late week as winds slacken but frosty nights and cooler days will be on the increase towards next weekend.

We enter next weekend on a chilly note with high pressure building over Scandinavia and this may introduce a colder easterly flow into the following week and the beginnings of a colder, blocked pattern.

Here’s the surface chart by 210 hrs or a week from Sunday which shows a strong high over Scandinavia which will keep the UK pretty chilly as air flows in from an increasingly colder continent.

Here’s the 850 temps by 240 hrs.

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