‘Weather bomb’ forecast to bring high winds, heavy rain and snow to UK
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Yellow warning for parts of the country with potential power cuts, travel disruption and damage from Thursday. A “weather bomb” is forecast to hit parts of the UK later this week, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and snow. The first half of the week will be “benign” with cloudy weather and outbreaks of rain for much of the country before the arrival of more unsettled conditions, the Met Office said.
Gusts of up to 80mph could cause power cuts, travel disruption and damage to buildings from Thursday, and there could also be a danger to life from flying debris, it said. A weather bomb occurs when central pressure inside a larger low-pressure system falls at a rapid rate over 24 hours, creating a violent winds that are strong enough to bring down trees and cause structural damage.
It will develop over the Atlantic and will be “a mature feature” when it hits the UK on Friday. A yellow wind warning is in place for the whole of Northern Ireland and the western half of Scotland, including Glasgow, from midnight on Friday to midday on Saturday.
Very strong south-easterly to south-westerly winds will gust at 50 to 60mph inland and 70 to 80 mph along coastal areas. The Met Office’s deputy chief meteorologist, Chris Almond, said: “A very deep area of low pressure will bring a very unsettled, potentially disruptive, spell of weather to the UK through Friday and into Saturday.
