Gales of up to 45mph are expected to hit on Friday morning
Gales of up to 45mph are expected to hit on Friday morning
Heavy rain and strong winds are expected to batter Merseyside this week, according to the Met Office. Gales of up to 45mph are forecast to sweep across the region in the early hours of Friday morning (January 24).
The Met Office said the weather will become “increasingly unsettled” as Friday approaches. The website said: “Feeling chilly on Wednesday with showery outbreaks of rain by day and frost and fog forming overnight. Turning increasingly unsettled from Thursday with gales and heavy rain arriving by Friday.”
Elsewhere, a severe yellow weather warning has been issued across Northern Ireland and northern and western Scotland, with gusts of 70-80mph expected on the coastline.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Chris Almond, said: “A very deep area of low pressure will bring a very unsettled, potentially disruptive, spell of weather to the UK through Friday and into Saturday. Winds will begin to strengthen on Thursday night with the peak gusts forecast through Friday in Northern Ireland and western Scotland. The wind will also be accompanied by heavy rain bringing some unpleasant conditions to end the week.
“We have issued a Yellow weather warning for wind, and with several days before the impactful weather, the forecast details are likely to be fine-tuned during the week, so stay tuned to your local forecast and keep up to date with Met Office warnings.”
The change in conditions is being driven by the weather over the other side of the Atlantic, the Met Office said. A large, very cold pool of air over parts of North America is generating a stark contrast in temperatures across the continent, acting to strengthen the jet stream resulting in deeper low pressure systems being able to develop, this jet oriented such that these lows will then be steered across the Atlantic towards the UK.