The UK Met Office has named Storm Freya and issued a yellow wind warning for Sunday pm overnight into early Monday. This warning is expected to be upgraded to an Amber warning. There will be a spell of strong winds, high gusts, gales with heavy rain and even hill snow.

There will be two areas of low pressure affecting the UK. The first one brings strong winds to Ireland by Saturday morning and then across the Irish Sea which could affect Irish Sea ferry services and the west coast of Scotland. It becomes windy for Wales especially the coasts and hills with a blustery afternoon across the UK. this is just the preamble, from another low pressure away to the NW. Storm Freya will only just be developing out in the Atlantic. During Saturday night there will be severe SW gales for the Western Isles as the first low moves past with gusts over 60mph and gales still over northern Scotland to start Sunday.

Storm Freya

There is a lot of uncertainty about the developments on Sunday. How the low in the north clears away and how the trailing waving weather front changes and the new low pressure forms. This all affects when the strongest winds and rain arrive and how much of the UK they will affect. It will be worth checking back with the forecast and not taking the symbols and timings on a weather app. at face value.