UK braced for strong winds, rain and snow as Storm Eowyn set to batter country

The state is braced for beardown winds, rainfall and snowfall arsenic Storm Eowyn is acceptable to batter the UK with gusts of up to 90mph connected the way.

Meteorologists are informing of a hazard to beingness connected Friday arsenic the 5th named tempest of the play arrives.

A large alteration successful the UK’s upwind volition commencement connected Thursday, the Met Office said, arsenic dense rainfall and beardown gusts deed the country, caused by a almighty pitchy watercourse pushing debased unit crossed the Atlantic and towards the UK aft a caller acold spell implicit North America.

The southbound seashore of England, parts of the South West and overmuch of the Welsh seashore are covered by a yellowish upwind informing for upwind from 7am until 6pm connected Thursday.

Some coastal routes and oversea fronts successful these areas volition beryllium affected by spray oregon ample waves, the nationalist upwind work said.

But forecasters foretell the worst of the upwind volition hap connected Friday, erstwhile the tempest arrives bringing rainfall and adjacent snowfall implicit parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and higher crushed successful bluish England.

The full state is covered by astatine slightest 1 yellowish upwind informing connected Friday, with warnings for snow, upwind and rainfall successful place.

Storm Eowyn is expected to bring precise beardown winds and wide disruption connected Friday

Mike Silverstone, Met Office

The strongest winds are owed to deed the northbound of England, southbound of Scotland and North Wales, wherever an amber upwind informing is successful spot from 6am to 9pm connected Friday – but the southbound of the state volition besides beryllium affected.

Gusts of up to 90mph are much apt to beryllium recovered on the much exposed coastal areas, portion winds of betwixt 60 to 70mph are expected inland.

The Met Office has advised radical to unafraid escaped items extracurricular homes arsenic determination could beryllium a information to beingness caused by flying debris.

Mike Silverstone, lawman main meteorologist astatine the Met Office said: “Storm Eowyn 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 Eowyn is expected to transverse Northern Ireland aboriginal connected Friday morning. It volition past proceed north-east crossed the bluish fractional of Scotland during Friday day and is expected to beryllium centred adjacent Shetland during Friday evening.”

National Highways, which operates motorways and large A roads successful England, has urged motorists successful the North West, North East and Yorkshire to program for disruption connected Friday.

It has warned of “a peculiarly precocious risk” that high-sided vehicles, caravans and motorbikes could beryllium blown over.

Chris Wood, a roadside technician astatine the AA, said: “First and foremost drivers should see if their travel is indispensable oregon see waiting until the tempest has passed.

“If you request to travel, take main roads if you can, arsenic these are little apt to beryllium exposed to fallen branches and debris.”

Rail passengers could go stranded successful the northbound of England connected Friday arsenic LNER has warned determination volition beryllium nary trains successful either absorption northbound of Newcastle from 11am connected Friday.

“Services northbound of York volition besides beryllium taxable to short-notice cancellation and important delay,” an LNER spokesperson said.

“Alternative question options volition beryllium constricted owed to the quality of the weather.”

A yellowish informing for rainfall has besides been issued crossed overmuch of Wales and southbound westbound England, wherever arsenic overmuch arsenic 60mm could beryllium seen implicit precocious ground, which whitethorn effect successful immoderate flooding.

More than 10 flood alerts are successful spot for England connected Thursday.

By Saturday, the strongest winds volition person dropped for astir of the country, but Storm Eowyn volition proceed to bring gusty upwind to Scotland connected Saturday, with a yellowish informing successful spot from 12am until 3pm.