Hurricane Ophelia is going to make the UK unusually warm on Monday
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Hurricane Ophelia will cause temperatures in parts of the UK to reach 25C over the weekend and into next week, according to BBC News.
The hurricane will become a storm by the time it makes landfall, but it’s still likely to have an impact on weather in the UK.
The storm will likely cause temperatures to reach 25C on Monday, according to BBC News, but it’s also expected to bring high winds and rain.
Ireland and Scotland are likely to be worse hit than the rest of the region. The outer reaches of Ophelia could touch northern France and northern Spain, prompting winds between 5 and 20 mph in the coming days.
The storm is expected to pass through the countries between 1 a.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Tuesday BST (8 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Monday AST).
Ophelia officially gained hurricane status on Wednesday morning and intensified into a Category 2 hurricane on Thursday. By the time it reaches Ireland on Monday, it will have become an "ex-hurricane," the BBC reported.
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The UK Met Office has issued a warning of "a spell of very windy weather" on Monday and Tuesday, with potential power cuts and damage to buildings.
Ophelia’s expected Monday arrival will coincide with the 30th anniversary of the "Great Storm" of 1987, where an extratropical cyclone with winds over 100 mph claimed 22 lives across Britain and France.
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