Met Office weather warning for Bristol with fears of ‘significant …

A weather warning has been put in place for Bristol with wind and rain set to hit the county next week. The Met Office has issued a yellow alert for wind[1] for a large portion of the UK, including Bristol , on Wednesday and Thursday (September 27 and 28).

Wednesday and Thursday will also bring light rain with highs of 19°C and 17°C forecast respectively. According to the Met Office, the spell of strong winds "is expected to move northeast through Wednesday, with a small chance that they could become significantly disruptive".

The Met Office has warned that there is a small chance of flying debris causing a small chance of injuries and imposing a danger to life. There is also a slight chance of some damage being caused to buildings, such as tiles being blown from roofs.

"There is a slight chance that power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage," the Met Office adds. "Longer journey times are likely, or cancellations as road, rail, air and ferry services are affected.

"Some roads and bridges are likely to close. There is a small chance that injuries and danger to life could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties; with a chance of some minor flooding of coastal roads."

The wind will peak in strength on Wednesday afternoon, through to the evening. At 7pm, the strongest wind gust - 38mph - is expected to hit.

The wet and windy weather[4] is a far cry to the balmy temperatures we saw at the beginning of September, after a heatwave brought with it seven consecutive days of temperatures in excess of 30°C. The latest weather warning comes after a the South West was battered by rain earlier this week, with Butlins in Minehead and Exeter Airport forced to close due to flooding.

References

  1. ^ yellow alert for wind (www.bristolpost.co.uk)
  2. ^ Bookies slash odds on October being the hottest on record as BBC and Met Office forecast Indian Summer (www.bristolpost.co.uk)
  3. ^ West Country braced for more wet weather following Hurricane Nigel (www.bristolpost.co.uk)
  4. ^ weather (www.bristolpost.co.uk)

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