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The Met Office has issued several yellow weather warnings as a number of powerful low-pressure systems head towards the UK. Wind gusts of up to 80mph (129km/h) are possible over the next few days, leading to the risk of large waves, power cuts, and flying debris, along with heavy rain that may cause flooding and travel disruption. The warning includes areas still recovering from the impacts of Storm Bert, and it is all being driven by a very fast high-altitude jet stream.
A yellow wind warning is covering some northwestern parts of Scotland during Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The area is expected to experience widespread gusts of 50-60mph, with 75mph possible in exposed places. Another yellow wind warning will take effect at 3 pm GMT on Thursday in southwest Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, North England, Midlands and East Anglia. It warns that gusts of 40-50mph are likely in inland areas, while coastal spots could see gusts of 70mph with the risk of disrupting travel, including ferry services.
On the other hand, a third yellow warning accounts for almost all of England and Wales and will start from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning, focusing on rain and wind. Although up to 25mm of rain may fall quite widely, high ground in the west may see 50-70mm, including parts of Wales that were substantially affected by the previous weather occurrence in less than two weeks. The warning also expects gales with gusts of 60mph possible inland and up to 80mph on some coasts, leading to difficult driving conditions and expected transport delays, while some snow may also fall over hills in the north of the warning area.
Three separate areas of low pressure are heading towards the UK and are influenced by the high-speed flow of winds that make up the jet stream high in the atmosphere. Speeds in the jet stream core are forecast to exceed 240mph, partly driven by a plunge of cold air that has swept across Canada and the northern USA. This will help to deepen and energize low-pressure systems travelling across the Atlantic, enhancing the strong winds and heavy rain. Whether the upcoming weather occurrence will be named or not remains uncertain, and the UK Met Office, Ireland’s Met Éireann, and the Netherlands’ KNMI will decide based on how severe they consider the topic in the next couple of days
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