Remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo bring winds of up to 75mph to UK

Remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo bring winds of up to 75mph to UK

Met Office has issued a yellow, ‘be aware’ warning, with the weather moving eastwards across the UK on Tuesday

NASA satellite image taken on 16 October of hurricane Gonzalo over the Atlantic Ocean. It caused widespread damage and a power blackout in Bermuda, but will have less impact in the UK. Photograph: Nasa/EPA

Press Association

Monday 20 October 2014 13.03 EDT

Remnants of hurricane Gonzalo are set to arrive in Britain later on Monday bringing strong winds and heavy rain.
Gusts of up to 75mph in coastal areas and 65mph inland will tear across much of the country bringing disruption to many areas, particularly to travel.
Sean Penston, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, said: “There will be strengthening winds and rain over Ireland in the middle of the evening as the storm comes in from the Atlantic.
“It will reach north-western parts of Britain late in the evening, with gusts up to 45mph over north-western parts of Scotland by midnight, but these will increase to gusts up to 75mph during the night.
“The area of rainy, windy weather will then move eastwards, varying in intensity across the UK, with the strongest gusts on the coasts. We can expect gusts up to 65mph in the north west tomorrow morning, and up to 50mph in central and eastern parts of England in the afternoon.”
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