The following ALERT has been issued and applies to your region.
NATIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WARNING SERVICE
Alert
- Wind
An Alert has been issued for the following regions
- North West England (Yellow)
- North East England (Yellow)
- Yorkshire & Humber (Yellow)
- Wales (Yellow)
- Grampian (Yellow)
- Orkney & Shetland (Yellow)
- Northern Ireland (Yellow)
- North West England (Amber)
- North East England (Amber)
- Grampian (Amber)
- Central, Tayside & Fife (Amber)
- Strathclyde (Amber)
- SW Scotland, Lothian Borders (Amber)
- Highlands & Eilean Siar (Amber)
- Northern Ireland (Amber)
A period of exceptionally windy weather is expected to cross the northern half of the country during Monday and early Tuesday. Wind gusts of 60 mph are expected widely with gusts of 70 mph probable across parts of N England, N Ireland and Scotland. Some very exposed areas may see gusts as high as 80 mph. Winds will start to ease from the western by evening.
Issued by the Met Office at 11:34 on Saturday, 21th May 2011
Valid from 09:00 on Monday, 23th May 2011
until 03:00 on Tuesday, 24th May 2011
For more details please go to:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html
For enquiries regarding this warning -
please contact the Met Office Weather Desk
- Phone: 0870 900 0100
- Fax : 0870 900 5050
- Email: enquiries (AT) metoffice (DOT) gov.uk