UK storm forecast: Tropical and Arctic air crash to unleash barrage of hail and thunder

A ‘scrap’ between an Atlantic hurricane and a torrent of freezing Arctic air is about to turn Britain into a storm battleground. Mild, settled weather this weekend will give way to a barrage of wind, rain, hail and thunder as the nation braces for a feisty autumn walloping.

​A ‘scrap’ between an Atlantic hurricane and a torrent of freezing Arctic air is about to turn Britain into a storm battleground. Mild, settled weather this weekend will give way to a barrage of wind, rain, hail and thunder as the nation braces for a feisty autumn walloping.