US 'bomb cyclone' will bring rain and wind to UK: Met Office

The UK Met office has said that the Bomb Cyclone that has caused temperatures to plummet in the US, is also bringing windy and rainy weather to the country. A yellow weather alert for heavy rain was issued on Wednesday for parts of Scotland, including Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Stirling. The warning was in effect starting at 3 am on Friday and lasting for 15 hours.

The very cold weather attributed to the bomb cyclone witnessed in North America is bringing rain, wind, and milder temperatures to UK coasts.

According to the UK weather office, heavy rain may cause some flooding and traffic delays, but these effects would not be quite as severe as those seen in the US.


The northern blizzards raging over the pond will cause an air current, or jet stream, orbiting the Earth, bringing with it unsettled conditions with periods of rainy and windy weather for seven to ten days in the UK.

The bomb cyclone that covered homes in ice, disrupted thousands of flights, and left thousands without electricity claimed the lives of dozens of people.



Due to the bomb cyclone's effect on the North Atlantic jet stream, only the UK is being impacted.

The jet stream is a core of powerful winds that are traveling from west to east, five to seven miles above the surface of the Earth.

With sunlight and possibly heavy showers in northern Scotland and western England, along with a chance of hail and thunder, Thursday is predicted to be cooler than Wednesday. Warmer temperatures and windy, rainy weather are predicted on Friday.

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