Storm Ashley forecast to become horror Category 3 cyclone - map shows Britain facing 110mph winds

Storm Ashley is acceptable to get successful the Republic of Ireland, followed by parts of the UK from Sunday, arsenic the Joint Cyclone Centre warned its winds could contiguous scope 110mph

The UK is acceptable to beryllium deed wit h monster 110mph winds aboriginal contiguous arsenic Storm Ashley prepares to unleash its fury.

Earlier this week the Met Office warned the tempest volition bring beardown winds and rainfall arsenic amber alerts stay successful spot for millions of Brits. Named Storm Ashley by Met Éireann arsenic it volition interaction the Republic of Ireland first, the Joint Cyclone Centre has present warned it could scope the spot of a class 3 hurricane, causing immense winds of 110mph.

The organisation reported connected X: “Ashley expected to go a Category 3 cyclone aboriginal tonight.”

The country of debased unit is expected to way northbound eastwards and scope the UK aboriginal connected Sunday morning. Amber and Yellow National Severe Weather Warnings for upwind are presently successful spot for Sunday and Monday.

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Tony Wisson, said: “Storm Ashley volition bring beardown winds for astir of the UK connected Sunday earlier it clears connected Monday, with a accidental of immoderate disruption crossed parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northwest England and West Wales.

“A play of particularly beardown winds are expected connected Sunday day and evening successful occidental Scotland, wherever gusts could perchance scope 70-80mph successful exposed areas and an Amber informing for winds has been issued here.

“More mostly 50-60mph are imaginable successful immoderate inland areas successful different parts of the informing area, particularly Northern Ireland and occidental Scotland, and possibly up to 60-70mph on exposed coasts and hills. These beardown winds successful conjunction with precocious outpouring tides, whitethorn origin immoderate disruption.”

Winds volition easiness arsenic Storm Ashley pulls distant to the eastbound connected Monday leaving a premix of sunny spells and scattered showers for many. Next week remains unsettled for galore with immoderate longer spells of rainfall successful places.

However, earlier that, determination whitethorn beryllium proscription issues time from Storm Ashley. Head of Transport Resilience astatine Transport Scotland, Ashleigh Robson, said: “Storm Ashley is acceptable to bring wide disruption for question connected Sunday and into Monday.

“Passengers should surely cheque with their operator, and with immoderate families disconnected enjoying the October schoolhouse holidays, we would counsel them to play adjacent attraction to immoderate cross-border question updates too. The Multi Agency Response Team volition beryllium successful presumption to instrumentality decisions, oversee the network, and counsel the nationalist and update Ministers implicit the play arsenic the tempest sweeps into parts of Scotland.”

Areas affected by Sunday's orangish warning

Highlands & Eilean Siar

• Na h-Eileanan Siar

• Highland

Strathclyde

• Argyll and Bute

Areas affected by Sunday's yellowish warning

Central, Tayside & Fife

• Angus

• Clackmannanshire

• Dundee

• Falkirk

• Fife

• Perth and Kinross

• Stirling

Grampian

• Aberdeen

• Aberdeenshire

• Moray

Highlands & Eilean Siar

• Na h-Eileanan Siar

• Highland

North West England

• Cumbria

Northern Ireland

• County Antrim

• County Armagh

• County Down

• County Fermanagh

• County Londonderry

• County Tyrone

Orkney & Shetland

• Orkney Islands

• Shetland Islands

SW Scotland, Lothian Borders

• Dumfries and Galloway

• East Lothian

• Edinburgh

• Midlothian Council

• Scottish Borders

• West Lothian

Strathclyde

• Argyll and Bute

• East Ayrshire

• East Dunbartonshire

• East Renfrewshire

• Glasgow

• Inverclyde

• North Ayrshire

• North Lanarkshire

• Renfrewshire

• South Ayrshire

• South Lanarkshire

• West Dunbartonshire

Wales

• Ceredigion

• Conwy

• Gwynedd

• Isle of Anglesey

• Pembrokeshire