Britain is bracing for 80mph winds this week which could put lives at risk and disrupt Christmas travel plans.
Forecasters warned the gales hurtling towards the country from Norway pose a significant ‘danger to life’ from large waves and debris being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties.
They also warned of transport cancellations affecting road, rail and ferry as millions prepare for the festive getaway.
Exposed areas in the North of England and Scotland are set to be the worst impacted, with winds predicted to hit 80mph while other places will feel gales of 60mph and 70mph.
A yellow warning covering Scotland, Northern Ireland, the North of England and parts of the East and West Midlands is in place from the early hours of Thursday until midnight on Friday.
Today, forecasters said the rain will slowly clear southeastwards from England and Wales to leave a mainly dry, bright and breezy afternoon.
Scotland and Northern Ireland will see sunshine and scattered gusty showers.
It will be extremely mild across the southeast, however, temperatures will be closer to average elsewhere.
Tomorrow will be increasingly overcast and windy, with rain at times. Some bright spells are likely in the south and east.
It will be generally mild, though tempered by strong to gale-force winds for some.
A Met Office meteorologist warned northern parts of the United Kingdom would be worst affected on Thursday as low pressure over Norway and high pressure in the Atlantic are set to push gale-force winds over the United Kingdom.
They said that it was across northern parts that we were going to see the strongest winds. Across northern regions, 50 to 60 miles-per-hour winds were particularly likely.
They said even perhaps 70 to 80 in some exposed spots over the higher ground, and they said that also in the east, we were going to see some strong gusty winds, perhaps 60 to 70 miles per hour affecting parts such as the Pennines and Sheffield.
They said that we could have some pretty strong winds as we go through to Thursday and it was no surprise that we do have a warning out currently and that it would affect many parts of the United Kingdom and was valid for pretty much the whole of Thursday.
They added that at this time of the year, many people would be taking to the roads with a lot more travel happening so that could cause some problems.
Of course, this will be put down to more global warming, climate change, and net zero garbage, which will inevitably force up the cost of gas and electricity.
People are triggered by weather predictions. So, switch off the television, the news, the weather. Forget about climate change and focus on the most important thing – family!
It’s the reaction that gets me when it comes to weather and climate change. Everyone is panicking about travel disruptions and how they’re going to get around the country before Christmas. We are an obsessed nation of overthinkers and have become obsessed with climate this and climate that, and now our entire life revolves around a door that’s going to hit us on the head time and time again. The trouble is we have too much technology and not enough brains to know that we should just live our lives and be happy that we have one.
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