UK weather forecast: Hurricane Dorian remnants to hit Britain with gale force winds after glorious sunshine this weekend

Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on North Carolinas Outer Banks.
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Rebecca Speare-Cole6 September 2019

A weekend of glorious sunshine will be interrupted as remnants of Hurricane Dorian barrel into the UK, bringing gale-force winds and heavy rain.

Forecasters say the tail end of the storm will hit Scotland and northwest England on Tuesday.

Strong gusts and torrential showers will then move towards the southeast the next day.

It follows a "pleasant weekend of sunshine" with temperatures in the high teens and low 20s, the Met Office said.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for the Welsh coast on Friday
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Met Office spokesman Steven Keates said the "centre" of Dorian's remaining force will travel between Iceland and Scotland early next week.

He said: "There will be strong winds around, particularly in the west. There will be gales and there will be heavy rain moving from the west to the southeast.

Autumn trees surround a house near Wanborough, Surrey, as the Met Office said there would be 'glorious' clear blue skies over the weekend
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"It'll be quite wet and windy in general."

On Tuesday, Scotland and Northern Ireland will see lots of showers and by Wednesday afternoon it will have travelled down to the southeast, he added.

Mr Keates also said that Hurricane Gabrielle, currently raging in the middle of the Atlantic, could bring tropical warmth and humidity to the UK later in the week.

Waves crash against the pier in Bournemouth, Dorset.
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However, where that storm's remnants may hit is less certain at this stage, he added.

It comes after a sunny weekend expected across the country with temperatures in the low 20s.

"On Saturday we will see lots of sunshine," Mr Keates said. "There will be some scattering of showers spread around, but a lot of clear skies too.

"There will be even more in the way of blue skies on Sunday and few, if any, showers."

He said nights will also be cooler and we might see frost for the first time this Autumn in colder areas.

"Seasons change quickly at this time of year," he added.

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