The South West is braced for strong gusts as the remnants of Hurricane Lorenzo smash into the UK.
Met Éireann (Ireland’s Met Office) named Storm Lorenzo on Wednesday after the hurricane swept through the Azores.
Weather warnings were in place in Ireland and Northern Ireland overnight from Thursday afternoon and parts of the South West tomorrow.
The alert for our region warns of gusts of up to 65mph hitting coastal locations.
Showers will begin in Bristol from around 8am on Friday, before heavy downpours hit at noon.
The weekend will also be unsettled, with wet and windy weather through to Monday.
There are no weather warnings yet for Bristol.
Lorenzo has weakened on its journey towards the UK and Ireland and the worst of the weather – the strongest winds and the heaviest winds – will hit the Republic of Ireland, according to our sister paper Gloucestershire Live.
Met Éireann said: “Storm Lorenzo will continue to accelerate north-eastwards, with its centre approaching the west of Ireland during Thursday. Lorenzo will then likely make a right turn, tracking across Ireland on Thursday night whilst it begins to gradually weaken.”
Where are the warnings?
- Met Éireann’s Orange wind warning has been issued for Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick. It runs from 18:00 on Thursday to 03:00 on Friday. Our partner has issued Yellow wind and rain warnings for the rest of the Republic of Ireland.
- The Met Office has issued a Yellow wind warning for parts of Northern Ireland from 15:00 to 22:00 on Thursday.
- A separate Yellow wind warning has been issued for Cornwall and most of Devon and coastal parts of south-west Wales. This warning runs from 04:00 to 16:00 on Friday.
Andy Page is a Chief Meteorologist with the Met Office said: “By the time Storm Lorenzo reaches our latitudes it will be a low-pressure system that we're accustomed to seeing at this time of year, but our partner Met Éireann is expecting impacts from the strong winds and heavy rain to affect the Republic of Ireland.
"Across much of the rest of the UK we’re anticipating the impacts will be minimal, but we have issued yellow wind warnings for Northern Ireland and parts of south west England and south Wales.”
"Across much of the rest of the UK we’re anticipating the impacts will be minimal, but we have issued yellow wind warnings for Northern Ireland and parts of south west England and south Wales.”
“At the moment the strongest winds are expected in western Ireland, with a risk of coastal gales developing in Northern Ireland on Thursday and south Wales and south-west England on Friday.
"Storm Lorenzo will also bring a spell of heavy rain to much of the UK mainly during Thursday night and the first half of Friday.
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