S & C Scotland eye 70-80 mph winds, heavy rain from next Atlantic storm arriving tonight

Written by Mark Vogan on November 25, 2011 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments

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2nd storm in less than 24 hours is set to bring 70-80 mph winds across northern England, southern/central Scotland on Saturday

After weeks of nothing, Britain is expecting the arrival of yet another system which looks set to pack quite a punch with heavy rains and severe gales. Gusts topping 70-80 mph is expected from Cumbria up towards the Central Belt on Saturday

Storms: Severe weather hits parts of Scotland. Pic: @copy John Moncrieff

From Cumbria north through Dumfries and Galloway into the Lothians and Borders and across the Central Belt, we expect to see winds increase through Saturday morning thanks to another low immediately following the recent ‘weather bomb which saw a central pressure bottom out at an incredible 944mb (comparable to a STRONG Category 3 Hurricane) as it passed thankfully NORTHWEST of Scotland, this next system and it’s series of fronts will produce widespread gales with even severe gales expected across NE England and SE Scotland (Borders towards North Berwick). Heavy rain will also be an issue with localised flooding possible.

WIND AND RAIN WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED

As you can see from the latest weather warnings map provided by the Met Office, there are yellow high wind warnings issued from North Wales, the northern Midlands up through Cumbria, Northumberland, all of Southern Scotland and yellow warnings for heavy, possibly flooding rains have also been issued for Western Scotland from Argyll up through Lochaber.

As for tomorrow’s weather, those winds may actually turn out stronger than those experienced from the first low as it’s centre will track somewhat closer to the UK and the strongest winds will impact a much more populated area.

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