Will Hurricane Erin hit UK as expert reacts to '600-mile wall of rain' prediction
The storm intensified to a Category 4 on Monday evening while pelting the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the southeast Bahamas.
Although the hurricane wasn't expected to make landfall in the US, residents on North Carolina's Outer Banks were evacuated amid fears of costal flooding.
There were fears the major storm could bring large amounts of rain in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and while the UK is set to be hit with heavy rainfall, an expert has revealed exactly what to expert from the aftermath of Hurricaine Erin.
Storm Erin update from Met Office as weather system barrels towards UK
Brits issued important flood warning as 600-mile rainstorm set to thrash UK
Extreme heat has scoured the earth across every home nation over the last week, but now weather maps are predicting a major washout.
Brits are set to be dealt meterological whiplash as a 600-mile wall of water replaces the UK's fourth heatwave, bringing inches of rainfalll to some parts of the country.
The new maps from WXCharts show that only a handful of areas won't see rain as the weather system hits in a matter of days, clearing the way for what the Met Office warns will be "rather cool" conditions.
WXCharts rain overview maps show the system blowing in from the west towards the end of this month, landing over the coast by August 27.
The maps show rainfall totals reaching general concentrations of between 1cm to 2cm in most areas, with accumulation maps suggesting that some totals could build as high as 18cm (seven inches) over high ground in southern central Wales.
Echoing the dates shown oby WXCharts, BBC meteorologist Simon King says that the UK will not feel the effects of the weather until next week. He said: "Into next week the weather will eventually turn a little more unsettled with the remnants of what will be ex-hurricane Erin.
"While Erin is still over 3,000 miles away from the UK, it will eventually weaken as it moves across the North Atlantic and arrive to the west of the UK as an area of low pressure – a process we often see in the UK from mid-August as the hurricane season starts to pick up.
"And being over a week away, there are still lots of uncertainties with the forecast, but we could see some wet and at times windy weather from mid-week."
Weather experts believe high pressure will move to the north-west of the UK, with Hurricane Erin eventually weakening.
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