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Old 07-12-2011   #1
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A WARNING has been Updated for your area

The following WARNING has been Updated for your area.
NATIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WARNING SERVICE

Warning
- Wind

A Warning has been issued for the following regions

- North West England (Amber)
- Yorkshire & Humber (Amber)
- East Midlands (Yellow)
- Orkney & Shetland (Yellow)
- Northern Ireland (Amber)
- Wales (Yellow)
- West Midlands (Yellow)
- North East England (Amber)
- Central, Tayside & Fife (Red)
- Highlands & Eilean Siar (Amber)
- Grampian (Amber)
- Strathclyde (Red)
- SW Scotland, Lothian Borders (Red)

Winds will increase during Thursday morning with severe gales developing across many northern and central parts of the UK, and some particularly damaging storm force winds likely to affect parts of the north, including some major population centres in Scotland.

The risk of disruption is considered highest across central and southern Scotland where the police are advising that conditions for travel will be extremely poor and that travellers are likely to experience significant delays.

Winds should tend to ease from the west on Thursday night with the severe gales becoming confined to NE Scotland by the early hours of Friday.

Heavy rain and hill snow are additional hazards that will accompany the gales (see our snow warnings for details).


Issued by the Met Office at 11:50 on Monday, 5th December 2011
Updated by the Met Office at 11:41 on Wednesday, 7th December 2011

Valid from 10:00 on Thursday, 8th December 2011
until 06:00 on Friday, 9th December 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
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