Storm Kathleen: gales and warm weather this weekend

Storm Kathleen is the 11th named storm of the 2023-24 season, making it the joint most stormy period since storms began to be named in 2015.

Spring or April storms are not common either.

Since 2015 there has only been one UK named storm in April – Storm Hannah in 2019.

It was a wet winter and we have had a wet start to this year meaning the ground is very saturated and sensitive to further rainfall.

In parts of southern England, the Midlands and south Wales there was over twice the average March rainfall.

We have recently had numerous areas of low pressure bringing rain across the UK.

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