Will we see the first storm of the year this week?
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A ‘major’ change to our weather is about to hit the UK as the Met Office names the first storm of 2025. The freezing and weird weather currently hitting the United States is due to impact us later in the week, with strong winds forecast on Friday and Saturday.
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Now named Storm Eowyn, the forecaster says winds of up to 80mph caused by low pressure will lead to disruption such as damage to buildings, power cuts and flying debris. Airports, ferries, railways and roads are also likely to be disrupted. A large pool of freezing air over parts of North America is generating a big contrast in temperatures across the continent, which is strengthening the jet stream allowing deep low pressure systems to develop.
These lows will be steered across the Atlantic by the high winds of the jet stream – and the upshot of this is that it’s time to find your umbrella. Yellow warnings for high winds are in place from midnight on Friday until noon on Saturday, covering the north west of the UK including Northern Ireland.
Coastal areas will take a particular battering, with gusts of 70 to 80mph possible, but inland could still see gusts of 50 to 60mph, so people have been warned to secure their property and any loose items such as bins, garden furniture, trampolines, tents, sheds, and fences.
For the next couple of days, there will be gloomy weather in general, but Thursday will bring the most dramatic change as heavy rain moves in. ‘North Wales and Northwest England are expected to see the highest accumulations where 20-30mm could fall over the hills,’ forecasters said, while there could be some snow over the Scottish mountains.
