Britain will be mauled by storms throughout autumn with torrential downpours, gales and floods forecast into winter. Experts warn to batten down the hatches as a super-powerful jet stream drags furious weather systems in from the Atlantic. The first battering at the end of this month is likely to be from tropical storm Ida, currently gathering pace off the coast of the Bahamas. The warnings come as freak climate conditions wreak havoc across the globe with Asia braced for a near-record onslaught of super-typhoons this year. Experts blame a dangerous mix of ocean sea warming and erratic jet stream behaviour for the stormy outlook. As Britain gears up to enjoy a few days of respite after the stormy end to summer it will go downhill from October with freezing "wind storms" unleashing misery, forecasters warn. They have all but ruled out any chance of a late heatwave this year instead urging to prepare for an "Icelandic summer". The dire forecast is part of a wider climate anomaly which threatens to unleash mayhem across Europe over the next three months. Meteorologists blame a powerful El Nino warming in the Pacific Ocean combined with a weakening ridge of high pressure for "opening the door" to autumn storms. Dubbed the strongest El Nino in history the phenomenon is already thought to have triggered relentless typhoons in the Pacific and is strong enough to throw the UK's weather out of kilter. Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play Play now AccuWeather Meteorologist Tyler Roys said: "Strengthening storms from the Atlantic Ocean will bring the threat for damaging winds to Ireland, the United Kingdom, northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands during late October into November. "This pattern is expected to continue into early winter when several powerful wind storms will cross northwestern Europe." AccuWeather is predicting storms across the whole of Europe in the run up to Christmas with Italy, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria all braced for floods. The Weather Network warned to make the most of any sunshine in Britain over the next week or so. It said the weather will then turn increasingly colder and more unsettled thanks to unusual sea temperatures in the Atlantic. Spokesman Richard Chapman said: "You'll have to make the most of fine weather while it lasts as Britain's typically changeable weather patterns are predicted to dominate October and November. "These months are expected to turn increasingly unsettled with above average rainfall and below average temperatures throughout most of the country. "This is thanks to a strengthening jet stream, which often happens going into October, bringing the UK its typical wet and windy autumnal weather. Leon Brown, forecaster for The Weather Channel UK, said next week is likely to bring calmer settled weather before Ida reaches UK shores. He said: "Tropical storm Ida will remain trapped and slow-moving over the Atlantic and it doesn't look like it will be caught in the jet stream until early October to eventually influence us. "It may become a full blown hurricane though in a few days."
Tropical Storm Ida is showing signs of veering towards the UK, and hitting the country with gales and heavy rain in two-month time. It is now expected to knock out a high pressure system hoped to bring better weather to the UK, and end any hope of an Indian Summer. Furthermore, weather forecasters warn that Ida could mark the beginning of a 10 days run of violent storms. This is being blamed on the strongest El Nino in history, which has already been linked to a number of typhoons in the Pacific, and is strong enough to throw the UK's weather out of kilter.