The corpse of a tropical Atlantic storm threatens to ‘take a wrecking ball’ to Britain’s settled weather. Sunshine and calm skies are about to give way to ‘potent’ thunderstorms, heavy downpours and hail. High pressure which has driven the mild spell will be shoved out by a barrage of lows from the Atlantic. Amid these could be the remains of Tropical Storm Gordon – a cyclonic system which whipped up the Atlantic earlier this week. Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services and social commentator, said: “Gordon’s remains could potentially take a wrecking ball to the fine weather we h…