Met Office weekend weather forecast

Blackpool Gazette

Storm Éowyn continuing to bring damaging winds and disruption across Northern Ireland and Scotland in particular where Red warnings are in place along with wider Amber and yellow warnings.

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00:00Storm Eowyn is here. It's already brought some strong damaging winds and will continue

00:05to do so, especially across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland as we go through the

00:09rest of today and into tomorrow. But let's look at some of the figures. And in the Republic

00:14of Ireland, they've provisionally recorded their strongest gust on record with 114 miles

00:20per hour earlier on today. Meanwhile, in Wales and Northern Ireland, we've had gusts in excess

00:25of 90 miles per hour, and that's because it's a really deep area of low pressure. Fortunately,

00:30it did start to fill a little bit before it reached the UK. But nonetheless, in Northern

00:34Ireland, we recorded a pressure of 949 hectopascals, which is a new January record and the deepest

00:41or the lowest pressure recorded in Northern Ireland since at least 1900. But if we look

00:46at the satellite imagery and you can really see the feature that is Storm Eowyn, there

00:50was a sting jet in association with this, which is why we're seeing these really intense,

00:56strong, damaging winds. The whole feature is pushing its way northeastwards. This is

01:00what happened earlier on today. We can see we had some heavy rain, some strong winds

01:03across most parts of the UK. For many areas towards the south, a lot of the worst of the

01:08weather is kind of clearing away. But towards the north here, we do still have some very

01:13unsettled weather because of how close we are to this deep area of low pressure. It's

01:17the winds that are causing the greatest concern and they're going to be strongest on the southern

01:22edge of this system as it pushes its way towards the northeast. The winds will also be changing

01:27direction as the low moves away. But we are going to see very strong winds through today,

01:32storm force winds through today and into tomorrow as well, pushing away towards the northeast.

01:37So most places seeing lighter winds coming in from the south as we go through tomorrow.

01:42But with that in mind, you're probably aware we do have a couple of red wind warnings out

01:47because there is going to be some very strong winds, damaging winds, which could bring some

01:52major problems or already bringing some major problems. Across Northern Ireland, it's through

01:56the next couple of hours. So the first couple of hours of the afternoon where we're seeing

01:59the strongest winds. Meanwhile, across southern Scotland, it's going to last for a little

02:03bit longer as we go deeper into the afternoon towards the evening with the potential for

02:07gusts reaching 100 miles per hour in some places. There are also yellow and amber warnings

02:13across the whole of the UK for a variety of things, mainly wind, but also some significant

02:17snow above three, four hundred meters. We're likely to see some snow over parts of Scotland.

02:22So add that to the strong winds and the heavy rain. But like I said elsewhere, although

02:26we had a spell of very unsettled weather pushing through overnight, it's actually a drier,

02:32brighter picture across many places, albeit still windy, but not as windy as it will be

02:37further north. A quick look at our temperatures and well, they're relatively academic because

02:41of how windy is particularly towards the north around or a little bit below average

02:44for the time of year. Now, as we go through the evening and overnight, we will continue

02:49to see some heavy rain, sleet, snow and very strong winds still across parts of Scotland.

02:54But as I showed, the whole system pushing away towards the northeast behind it, we do

02:58have fairly frequent showers coming in and these will be a bit wintry at times. So some

03:03further sleet or snow, there could be some hail, could be some thunder mixed in with

03:06them as well. But further south across many central southern parts, apart from in the

03:11southeast where there's a bit of rain at times coming through for many, it's going to be

03:15largely dry and with clear skies, we could see temperatures dropping. So a bit of an

03:18ice risk or snow and ice towards the north, ice risk across other areas. And there will

03:23be a bit of frost first thing on Saturday morning. Otherwise, through Saturday and well

03:27across parts of Scotland, still plenty of showers, still the risk of some thunder, some

03:31hail, maybe a bit of sleet or snow over the higher ground mixed in with these. Still some

03:35very strong winds to watch out for, but the winds gradually easing as air wind clears

03:39away towards the northeast. And then otherwise, a fair deal of fine weather, a calmer day

03:44for many of us, but something starting to push its way into the west as we go through

03:49later on. A quick look at temperatures again and well, they're still similar to today really.

03:54Lighter winds though, so feeling a bit more pleasant, especially with some decent sunshine.

03:58But there is some more unsettled weather to come. Like I said, there's a system coming

04:02in from the west. That is going to bring some rain, perhaps even some hill, sleet and snow

04:06for a time as it makes its way from west to east as we go through Saturday evening and

04:11overnight into Sunday. That clears away. It's another feature that's coming in that's another

04:16cause for concern with a deepish area of low pressure likely to bring some very unsettled

04:21weather, heavy rain, strong winds, particularly towards parts of the south and west. Doesn't

04:26look like it will be as impactful a storm air wind, but because it's coming so quickly

04:30after the very unsettled weather we're having at the moment, it could nonetheless cause

04:34some major impact. So it's definitely worth keeping up to date with that. Now, our warnings

04:38are constantly being updated. Make sure you stay on top of them by checking out our website

04:43and our app. Otherwise, we'll see you soon. Bye bye.

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