Met Office warns of Storm Eowyn 'weather bomb' amid fears of 'widespread disruption'

Storm Eowyn is acceptable to batter the state erstwhile it arrives from time with cancellations expected for train, aerial and ferry journeys arsenic upwind speeds scope 90mph

The Met Office has advised Brits to brace for a "weather bomb" - with Storm Eowyn acceptable to usher successful "widespread disruption."

Eowyn has triggered amber and yellowish weather warnings up of its accomplishment from time with forecasters predicting upwind speeds of up to 90mph successful immoderate regions bringing "widespread disruption". The latest named tempest turned upwind maps red, purple and black, indicating the harsh gale speeds that volition whip circular the country.

In posts shared to X/Twitter, the Met Office said: "All eyes are connected Storm Eowyn which volition get connected Friday. The wettest and windiest conditions volition beryllium during the greeting successful the southbound but damaging winds volition past passim the time further north. Severe upwind warnings are successful place, truthful support up to day with the forecast."

Met Office forecasters said the debased unit presently has a cardinal aerial unit of 1001hPa, but that it was expected to driblet by 62hPa successful the adjacent 30 hours. "This is known arsenic explosive cyclogenesis oregon a upwind bomb, and volition bring damaging winds to immoderate areas," the Met Office said successful an X post.

Amber upwind warnings connected Friday covers cardinal Scotland down to bluish Wales and England arsenic good arsenic each of Northern Ireland from 6am to 9pm. But Brits volition find if they unrecorded extracurricular worst-affected regions, they volition inactive person to contented with aggregate yellowish upwind warnings.

Storm Eowyn volition marque its people from Thursday with the beforehand bringing dense rainfall from the eastbound acceptable to arrive. The bedewed and windy upwind volition proceed into Friday morning, arsenic the tempest arrives with rainfall starting arsenic snowfall battering swathes of Northern Ireland, Scotland and higher parts successful bluish England.

Rail, road, aerial and ferry journeys are apt to beryllium affected successful regions nether the amber alert. It is imaginable determination volition beryllium immoderate cancellations and that roads and bridges volition close.

Met Office lawman Chief Meteorologist Mike Silverstone said: "Storm Éowyn is expected to bring precise beardown winds and wide disruption connected Friday. There are presently a fig of upwind warnings successful place, with each parts of the UK covered by 1 informing astatine immoderate constituent connected Friday.

"Storm Éowyn is expected to transverse Northern Ireland aboriginal connected Friday morning. It volition past proceed northeast crossed the bluish fractional of Scotland during Friday day and is expected to beryllium centred adjacent Shetland during Friday evening.

"The strongest upwind gusts are apt to beryllium felt crossed parts of Northern Ireland, confederate and cardinal Scotland, bluish England and northwest Wales, wherever exposed sites could get gusts successful excess of 80mph, perchance 90mph, which has the imaginable to origin impacts for those successful these areas. The absorption for the highest winds shifts to Scotland connected Friday nighttime into Saturday."