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Why hasn't the UK had any named storms yet?
With November already on the horizon the UK is yet to see its first named storm of the season.
Deep Atlantic lows responsible for more turbulent conditions have been steered away by dominant areas of high pressure.
This year the headlines have been about worsening drought rather than the impact of gales.
However, could this be the calm before the storms as the Met Office predict a growing chance that late autumn and early winter will turn wetter and windier as El Niño strengthens in the Pacific.
As autumn sets in and the nights get longer temperatures around polar regions start to fall. This causes a greater contrast with the warmer tropics which can fire up a more potent jet stream - the fast moving, narrow band of fast winds high in the atmosphere.
The jet stream is largely responsible for developing and delivering our stormier pressure systems.
Typically in autumn the jet stream would be a regular visitor to the skies above the UK, steering wet and windy weather towards us.
However, so far this season it has often been sitting to the north or north-west of the UK. This has meant south or south-westerly winds bringing warmer than normal conditions and high pressure having more of an influence leading to reduced rainfall for many.
So far this autumn the jet stream has been largely to the north-west of the UK, steering stormy low pressure systems away
These weather patterns have therefore meant only occasional bouts of stronger winds across the north-west of the UK, with little disruption.