A type of 'blood rain' has been forecast for the UK - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life A type of ‘ blood rain’ has been forecast for the UK By Kanika Banwait - May 20, 2022 We know all too well how temperamental UK weather can be. One minute the sun is shining and we’re complaining about how humid it is, the next it’s pouring down with rain. And as the climate crisis worsens, we’ve seen even more extreme weather in the past few years, from winter heatwaves to ferocious winds. Well, it doesn’t end there. There have been forecasts for a type of ‘blood rain’ to arrive in the UK this week. Don’t worry, it’s not actual blood from some mysterious ozone creature. It’s just a colloquial term people use for rain that has picked up dust. Getty Images Forecasters at the Met Office have used satellite imagery to find the recent yellow tinge to some rain is ‘likely due to dust picked up in northern Africa, before falling with the thundery downpours’. Blood rain occurs when high concentrations of red-coloured dust or particles mix into rain, making it look red as it falls. However, Met Office chief meteorologist Paul Gundersen explained to Stylist that it’s rare to see proper rain like this in the UK. According to the Met Office, blood rain can be seen when ‘strong winds or storms whip up dust and sand. As this becomes airborne it can get caught up in atmospheric circulation, where it can be carried for thousands of miles. Eventually, the dust will either fall out of the sky due to gravity or will be caught up in rain clouds, where it mixes with the water droplets. When these fall as rain the raindrops could appear red.’ You may remember back in March, after a few days of stormy weather, many of us were left with windows, cars and garden furniture stained by a reddish dust. But it was even more evident in places like Madrid, where they saw rain fall containing a high amount of dust from the Sahara. Getty Images To clarify, the Met Office says the chances of full-on blood rain in the UK are low. Paul Gundersen said: ‘It’s not uncommon to have some Saharan dust particles mixed in with the rainfall when the source air comes from northern Africa as we have seen in recent days… However, over the next few days, the air over the UK will have a more marine origin, which reduces the chances of dust being mixed in with the rain and giving that bit of a yellow haze. ‘Although there’s a chance of some dust being rained out in the south-east early next week, any amounts of dust would be relatively small and would likely be soon washed away.’ So while we might not see true blood rain in the UK, there is a possibility we will see yellow and brown dust in low concentrations. Can we just put in an order for some more sunshine please? READ MORE: Layering tips to stay stylish in warmer weather RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved