Met Office issues major 550-mile long warning threatening 85mph winds

30 January 2024 , 08:48

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Met Office issues major 550-mile long warning threatening 85mph winds

The Met Office has issued a major 550-mile long severe wind warning, threatening gusts of up to 85mph, as they have cautioned of "danger to life".

Despite the ongoing mild weather for many, with temperatures pushing into the low teens, two massive wind warnings covering all of Scotland and swathes of the North have been issued.

They cover from the Shetland Islands down across Scotland, to Middlesbrough, and Harrogate, including areas just north of Leeds, as well as hitting parts of Northern Ireland.

There are two weather warnings in place, one covering the Shetland Islands down across northern parts of Scotland, including the likes of Inverness and Aberdeen, and the other from there, south into England and Northern Ireland. Both wind warnings kick in tomorrow morning and last through until the evening.

Of the two, the worst of the wind will be seen further north, where gusts could reach as much as 85mph in places. Elsewhere, gusts of up 75mph are expected and over northwest Scotland, the windy conditions will be combined with heavy rain during tomorrow morning and afternoon.

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Such is the strength of the wind, that the Met Office cautioned there could be "danger to life" along the coast due to "large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties" as well as flying debris.

The weather warnings that kick in tomorrow, Wednesday 31 January (Met Office)

The first severe weather warning, covering the most northerly parts of the UK, kicks in at 5am tomorrow, lasting through until 7pm in the evening. The other begins not long after, starting at 7am and lasting until 5pm.

They both threaten to bring delays and power losses to a part of the UK that has been relentlessly battered by storms and flooding over recent weeks and months.

Areas covered by the severe wind warnings:

Grampian

• Aberdeen
• Aberdeenshire
• Moray

Highlands & Eilean Siar

• Eilean Siar
• Highland

Orkney & Shetland

• Orkney Islands
• Shetland Islands

Central, Tayside & Fife

• Angus
• Clackmannanshire
• Dundee
• Falkirk
• Fife
• Perth and Kinross
• Stirling

North East England

• Darlington
• Durham
• Gateshead
• Hartlepool
• Middlesbrough
• Newcastle upon Tyne
• North Tyneside
• Northumberland
• Redcar and Cleveland
• South Tyneside
• Stockton-on-Tees
• Sunderland

North West England

• Cumbria

Northern Ireland

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• County Antrim
• County Londonderry

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

Yorkshire & Humber

• North Yorkshire

Kieren Williams