Met Office issues 'weather bomb' warning as UK to be hit by 80mph winds
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Met Office has warned that parts of the UK will see strong winds this weekend as an Atlantic 'weather bomb' heads towards the UK.
Gusts of wind could reach up to 80mph in the worst-hit areas. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for the north and west of the country, warning of a potential “danger to life” from flying debris as well as power cuts and damage to buildings.
The warning, which will be in force from the early hours of Sunday morning until Monday at noon, covers parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, north-west England and Wales. READ MORE: 'Severe' flood warning issued for Greater Manchester as residents told to 'act now' Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Dan Holley said: "By Sunday there is a chance that a particularly deep area of low pressure arriving from the Atlantic could bring more widespread strong winds, especially in northern and western areas, with potential for some disruption in places. "This low pressure system is not expected to develop until Friday near the coast of Canada, so at this stage there is still a lot of uncertainty about the strength and track of this system as it interacts with the jet stream over the weekend." In the Met Office's weekly 'deep dive' forecast, meteorologist Alex Deakin explained that the strong winds are the results of a 'weather bomb' forming over the Atlantic.
He said there is potential for some "very windy weather" as low pressure moves towards the west of the UK and interacts with the jet stream.
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