Full list of UK areas under yellow weather warning this week

Merseyside is one of the regions under a yellow weather alert tomorrow

The Met Office has issued three yellow weather warnings as wind is set to batter the country. The weather warnings come as a “wintry hazards” caution is issued for Friday. For the UK tomorrow (Thursday, March 12), the Met Office said: “Rain and strong winds continuing to move south eastwards during Thursday. Still some sunshine ahead of this, with bright spells and showers following. Feeling colder later in the north.”

In its outlook for Friday to Sunday, it added: “Rather cold on Friday with a mix of sunny spells and showers. Drier on Saturday before further wind and rain moves across the UK on Sunday. Temperatures gradually recovering.”

Merseyside is one of the regions under a yellow weather alert tomorrow. The warning for wind is active from 5am tomorrow morning until 8pm on March 12. The Met Office said: “Strong winds are expected during Thursday associated with an active weather front moving south eastwards across the UK.

“Gusts of 50-55 mph are expected widely, with some coastal locations and areas downwind of high ground seeing gusts of 60 mph or even 70 mph in a few places. Winds will ease from the north through the day.”

Another yellow weather alert for wind in place tomorrow, covers Northern Ireland. The Met Office said: “Strong winds along with a spell of heavy rain leading to difficult travel conditions on Thursday morning.” This alert is active from 6am tomorrow until 12pm tomorrow afternoon.

A warning is already in place for wind today as areas of the Highlands and Eilean Siar, Orkney Islands and Strathclyde are covered. The Met Office said: “A period of strong winds is likely to affect exposed parts of north and north west Scotland early Wednesday.” The alert will be lifted at 12pm this afternoon, March 11. We have rounded up the full list of areas under a weather warning for wind:

– Highlands & Eilean Siar

– Orkney & Shetland

– Strathclyde

– Central, Tayside & Fife

– East Midlands

– Grampian

– North East

– North West

– SW Scotland, Lothian Borders

– Wales

– West Midlands

– Yorkshire & Humber

– Northern Ireland

The Met Office said when a yellow weather warning is issued you should check the details of the forecast and consider taking steps to minimise impacts for you and your household. Even in a yellow warning area, people will see disruption to a greater or lesser extent, so it’s important to check the details and see which steps you could take to prepare.

In the Met Office’s outlook for the coming weeks, from March 15 until March 24, it said: “Mostly changeable through this period, with Atlantic frontal systems passing close to or across the UK at times.

“These will bring spells of rain and showers, most frequent and heavy in the west or north west, and perhaps accompanied by strong winds. However, there should also be some drier interludes under transient ridges of high pressure, with longer dry periods most likely in the south and east, though even here some wet weather is possible at times.

“Temperatures will be near average for the period as a whole, but with some shorter-duration colder interludes at times when frost and hill snow will be possible.”