02/01/2018
Yellow Weather Warning For Wind And Rain Issued In NI
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for severe gales and heavy rain throughout Northern Ireland.
The warning has been put in place from 6pm on Tuesday, 02 January, until 8pm on Wednesday, 03 January.
Strong winds are expected on Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning.
Power cuts and disruption to other services may occur and there is a small chance transport disruption or some public services transport being cancelled.
A Met Office spokesperson said: "A deepening area of low pressure is expected to track northeastwards across the northern half of the UK. This will most likely bring a spell of very strong winds to Northern Ireland later Tuesday, which will then move northeastwards across parts of southern Scotland and Northern England before clearing into the North Sea early on Wednesday. There is however still a lot of uncertainty over the exact track that the low pressure will take and hence where precisely the strongest winds will be. Gales with gusts of 60 to 70 mph are likely, whilst some western coastal areas have a chance of seeing gusts of 80 mph."
(CD/LM)
The warning has been put in place from 6pm on Tuesday, 02 January, until 8pm on Wednesday, 03 January.
Strong winds are expected on Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning.
Power cuts and disruption to other services may occur and there is a small chance transport disruption or some public services transport being cancelled.
A Met Office spokesperson said: "A deepening area of low pressure is expected to track northeastwards across the northern half of the UK. This will most likely bring a spell of very strong winds to Northern Ireland later Tuesday, which will then move northeastwards across parts of southern Scotland and Northern England before clearing into the North Sea early on Wednesday. There is however still a lot of uncertainty over the exact track that the low pressure will take and hence where precisely the strongest winds will be. Gales with gusts of 60 to 70 mph are likely, whilst some western coastal areas have a chance of seeing gusts of 80 mph."
(CD/LM)
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