The plane was able to take off safely from East Midlands Airport (Picture: Alamy)

The stereotypical British summer weather continued to impress (or depress) this week as a mini tornado struck just as a plane was taking off from East Midlands Airport.

The Ryanair flight was spotted taking off with the mini tornado, actually called a funnel cloud, whirling in the background.

The bizarre weather phenomenon came as forecasters predicted the end of summer is on its way with things about to get very cold for the UK.

Just as we thought Bertha couldn’t give us any more grief, the tail end of the storm is expected to blow the cold from Scandinavia down to Britain, with temperatures in some parts of the country dropping to as low as 2C.


Things start to get cold on Sunday… (Picture: Met Office)

… before getting REALLY cold on Monday evening (Picture: Met Office)

The country isn’t expected to get much drier either, following the ‘biblical downpours’ that hit parts of the country yesterday when a third of a month’s worth of rain fell in just two hours.

The rain is expected to continue into Monday (Picture: Met Office)

The Met Office has issued severe weather warning for parts of south east England and the Midlands.

'Biblical downpours' in south London according to @LondonFire – tbf, Lewisham is under water… pic @MissABellerin pic.twitter.com/PbDpjeJJDa — Josh Barrie (@JoshBythesea) August 14, 2014