By Chris Fawkes 19459335 Lead Weather Presenter 19459347 Published 19459328 22 October 2026, 11:05 BST 19659004 Updated 34 minutes ago 19659005 The Met Office have actually called a brand-new storm, Boelo, which is set to bring another round of rainy weather condition to the UK over the weekend. 19659006 Storm Boelo will be hot on the heels of Storm Austen, the very first called storm of the season. 19659007 Storm Austen is anticipated to bring strong winds to south-west England throughout Friday early morning.
The Met Office has actually provided an amber wind alerting 19459369 for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Plymouth and parts of Devon legitimate in between 1am and 10am on Friday.
19659008 Amber wind cautions for Storm Austen 19659009 Gusts of wind will commonly reach 60-70mph, and maybe 80mph in exposed places. Winds of this strength will blow some trees over, bringing a substantial danger of transportation interruption and there might likewise be some power cuts. Some structures might possibly be harmed by the greatest winds, causing a threat of flying particles at the height of the storm. 19459367 Yellow wind cautions cover the majority of England and Wales with gusts of wind on Friday projection to reach 45-60mph, with 70mph gusts likely in some locations. As strong as these winds are, the most harmful winds will go to the south of the low pressure centre. That puts north-west France strongly in the shooting line and parts of Brittany might see gusts near 90mph. The Channel Islands are likewise anticipating serious winds with gusts as much as 80mph projection, and some ferryboat services have actually currently been cancelled. 19459367 Heavy rain in Scotland might trigger some localised flooding with a Met Office yellow caution for 20-40mm of rain projection with approximately 80mm collecting in a couple of locations through Friday. Image source, BBC Weather Image caption, 19459335 Wind cautions have actually been released ahead of Storm Austen’s arrival on Friday 19659012 Storm Boelo to bring travel disturbance over the weekend Storm Boelo will bring damp and windy weather condition throughout the entire of the UK on Saturday with bad taking a trip conditions anticipated due to surface area water and spray on faster roadways and freeways.
19459367 The greatest winds will move into Scotland on Saturday afternoon, reaching a peak over night. The Met Office have actually likewise released yellow wind cautions for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England legitimate on Saturday and lasting the majority of
Sunday. Gusts are anticipated to reach 50-65mph extensively and might reach 80mph in exposed places. 19459367 There might be some localised disturbance with strong winds funnelling through the Central Lowlands for a time. 19459367
Transportation disturbance is anticipated and there might be some power cuts. Following current spells of damp weather condition, there is an extra threat of some localised flooding. 19659014 19459335 Image source, BBC Weather 19659015 Image caption, 19459335 Yellow wind cautions have actually been provided ahead of Storm Boelo’s arrival over the weekend 19659016 Is it uncommon to see 2 storms so close together? It’s not uncommon to get storms so close together, in truth they frequently get here in clusters. A strong jet stream is required to quickly establish effective wind storms. The procedure associated with producing such storms includes moving warmer air northwards and cooler air southwards throughout large locations of the Atlantic.
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These temperature level contrasts can supply a fertile environment for brand-new low pressure systems to establish and if these consequently get guided underneath a developmental location of an effective jet stream, they can quickly establish to develop a brand-new called storm with destructive winds.
