Updated: Yellow warning of wind affecting Wales

Met Office sent this bulletin at 12-01-2020 10:35 AM GMT
 
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Yellow warning for Wales
Wind
Between 10:00 (UTC) on Mon 13 Jan 2020 and 23:59 (UTC) on Mon 13 Jan 2020

Headline

A widely very windy period expected Monday with some disruption to travel likely.

What to expect

  • Some delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport expected, particularly for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges
  • Some bus and train services affected, with some journeys taking longer
  • Coastal routes, sea fronts and coastal communities affected by spray and/or large waves
  • Some short term loss of power and other services

What should I do?

Updated: 10:31 (UTC) on Sun 12 Jan 2020

Further details

An area of very strong winds will move eastwards across the UK through Monday, clearing eastwards overnight. The strongest winds are expected around exposed coasts and hills. Here gusts of 60-70 mph are likely, with a few sites perhaps seeing gusts to 80 mph - especially around Irish Sea coasts and around the west coast of Scotland where the strongest winds are most likely. Gusts will be lower inland with 45-55 mph likely. A narrow band of squally heavy rain moving east, accompanying the strongest winds, may be an additional hazard.

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Reason for update

Update to start time and to a high likelihood in impact matrix. Warning text updated to add additional detail.

Regions and local authorities affected

Central, Tayside & Fife

  • Angus

Grampian

  • Aberdeen
  • Aberdeenshire

Highlands & Eilean Siar

  • Na h-Eileanan Siar
  • Highland

London & South East England

  • Hampshire
  • Isle of Wight
  • Portsmouth
  • Southampton
  • West Sussex

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
  • Scottish Borders

South West England

  • Bournemouth
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Isles of Scilly
  • North Somerset
  • Plymouth
  • Poole
  • Somerset
  • Torbay
  • Wiltshire

Strathclyde

  • Argyll and Bute
  • East Ayrshire
  • North Ayrshire
  • South Ayrshire
  • South Lanarkshire

Wales

  • Blaenau Gwent
  • Bridgend
  • Caerphilly
  • Cardiff
  • Carmarthenshire
  • Ceredigion
  • Conwy
  • Gwynedd
  • Isle of Anglesey
  • Merthyr Tydfil
  • Neath Port Talbot
  • Newport
  • Pembrokeshire
  • Powys
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Swansea
  • Torfaen
  • Vale of Glamorgan