UK weather forecast predicts soggy summer as Met Office ‘issues 50 days of rain' warning
The weather forecast predicts there will be 50 days of rain across the three months of summer.
Britain looks set to be hit by the soggiest summer in over 100 years with forecasters predicting there could be 50 days of rain in the next three months.
According to The Sun, the Met Office has briefed the Government and transport chiefs so they can prepare for wet conditions and traffic during the holidays.
Should the rain hit for 50 days, it would make it the wettest summer since 1912, when Britain was battered by rain for 55 days of summer.
Last year reportedly saw rain for 40 days over summer. In order to count towards the rainy day tally, there must be more than 2.5 mm or more in a 24-hour preiod.
The Sun says forecasters believe the wet outlook for summer will be down to low pressure systems.
The Met Office long-range forecast said: “The chances of a wetter-than-average period are higher than a drier-than-average one.
“Rainfall at this time of year has a greater risk of localised heavy downpours and thunderstorms.”
The soggy outlook comes after much of the UK was hit by wet weather of the Bank Holiday weekend.
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The RAC says more than 20 million leisure journeys were made over the weekend. This is the highest since Covid.
Roads are also be set to be slow today, with many people expected to their holidays away due to adverse weather.
Forecaster WXCharts predicts the back end of the week will be wet, with weather charts progressively turning blue this week.
