Strong winds leading to some travel disruption at first on Thursday morning 22-8-2014

Strong winds leading to some travel disruption at first on Thursday morning.

Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Future
Start: Thursday, 22 August – 01:00 (GMT+01:00)
End: Thursday, 22 August – 09:00 (GMT+01:00)

Description:

A spell of very strong southwesterly winds will occur during the early hours of Thursday, easing from the west during the morning.

Gusts of 50 mph are likely fairly widely with some gusts of 60 mph in exposed locations, including roads and bridges in north Wales, as well as roads passing over high ground in northern England and southern Scotland. These gusts will be strong enough to blow over a few trees, given that they are currently in full leaf.

Source: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Met Office