UK weather: Storm Atiyah set to hit as Met Office issues severe warning
Written by News on 07/12/2019
Storm-force winds are set to batter Britain this weekend with gusts of up to 70mph.
Met Office forecasters say an area of low pressure, named Storm Atiyah by Irish weather service Met Eireann, is expected to move from the west of the country across to the east late on Sunday going into Monday.
A yellow severe weather warning has been issued for the west coast of Wales and southwest of England.
The warning is from 3pm on Sunday and currently runs through to 9am on Monday.
Inland, winds are expected to reach 50-60mph and 70mph around the coast with large coastal waves expected.
Western parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland are are also forecast to be hit with gusts of up to 57mph overnight.
Forecasters say the low-pressure is expected to move to the east coast of north England and Scotland in the early hours of Monday morning with gusts up to 55mph.
Deputy chief meteorologist Tony Wardle said: “The UK is in for an unsettled period of weather with some very strong winds, especially along the west coast.
“Gusts of 50-60mph are expected quite widely inland, with up to 70mph gusts around some coastal locations.
“As well as strong winds there will be large coastal waves in the South West, so bear this in mind before heading out in these regions.
“Monday will be a much-improved day with brighter and drier conditions moving in from the west before another period of wet and windy weather on Tuesday.”
Atiyah is the first named storm of the season.
It is the fifth year that the Met Office and Met Eireann have run the Name our Storms campaign, which aims to provide warnings of the impact of severe weather before it strikes.
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