Gales return - Increasingly gusty into midweek

Gales return
Increasingly gusty into midweek

UK warning map dated Tue 24.03 showing widespread yellow wind warnings with a windsock icon and warning scale legend.

Wind forecast map at 20:00 on Tue 24.03 showing strong winds across the UK and Ireland, with gusts around 40–50 mph and strongest winds over Ireland and western Britain.

UK warning map dated Wed 25.03 showing continued yellow wind warnings across the country with a windsock symbol and warning scale.

Wind forecast map dated Wed 25.03 showing widespread strong winds across the UK and Ireland, with gusts around 40–55 mph, strongest in western areas.

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Wind warnings for Tuesday.

Conditions are turning, and remaining, increasingly gusty for Tuesday and Wednesday across the UK and Ireland.

Developing throughout the day on Tuesday, gusts peak around 55 mph in north-west England by Wednesday after reaching up to 50 mph by Tuesday evening around Liverpool and Cardiff.

Ireland also sees these strong gusts, with a little less intensity inland but stronger along the western coastline with up to around 60 mph (100 km/h) in the evening.

As the wind builds, the low-pressure responsible brings sweeping heavy rain over Scotland, down to northern England and Wales too.

This could result in some surface flooding, with a chance of turning wintry over higher altitudes by Wednesday morning.

Ryan Hathaway

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