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PA mediaThe weather warning for most Scotland is upgraded to Amber as Storm Floris descends into the UK.
The warning lasts from 10:00 BST to 22:00 on Monday and warns of danger to life as damage to buildings and trees due to storm conditions.
Northern England and Northern Ireland also have a yellow warning till midnight on Monday on Monday.
Storm Floris is the sixth designated storm of the 2024/25 season, and the first after January.
The storm has not yet developed, but on Sunday night our shores will decline rapidly in pressure as a system.
It expects to bring “unusually strong” west or northwest winds in most parts of Scotland.
Amber warning covers a wide area to the south as the central belt of the country – including Glasgow and Edinburgh and Highlands.
Gust of 50 to 70mph is expected, even inland. The exposed shores, hills and bridges can be seen by 80 to 90mph gust, while some models have suggested 100mph gusts that were last seen during the storm éwyn in January.
The worst winds will be in the western coastal areas of the warnings between late morning and afternoon.
As a storm, the strongest winds will move forward in the coastal areas of Aberdeenshire by late noon and evening.
At this time of the year, trees are in full leaf and are more likely to break with broken branches during winter when the air can ring through them.
Electricity disintegration is also possible while heavy rains and floods may be an additional danger.
The area affected by yellow warning includes all from Yorkshire and Hamber, North Wales, North West England, North East England, Northern Ireland and Scotland including Orkney and Shetland Islands.
In many inland areas, there is a possibility of looking at 40 to 70mph gasts with 60 to 70mph, which is possible with exposed shores and high ground.
Nominated storms in August are not so rare.
Last year, Storm Lillian hit the UK on 23 August just before the Bank Holiday Weekend, shut down the steps at the Leeds Festival and canceled the Heathro flights.
In 2023, Storm Antony brought wet and very air season to South Wales and Southwest England affecting events such as brighton and Plymouth pride. Storm Betty further disrupted after less than two weeks.
In 2020, there were two August Hurricane – Ellen and Francis – that Met Office has “described as two of the most notable August storms in the last 50 years”.
Both these storms brought 79MPH and 81Mph wind blows with transportation disruption, coastal floods and power cuts respectively.
According to the provisional data of the Met Office, the storm holds the UK’s fifth hottest July on record.
All four countries in the UK recorded one of their 10 hottest joles, and July was the sixth consecutive month of average average temperature for the UK, said by the Met Office.
The first day of the month brought the highest temperature so far, with 35.8c in the favorite of Kent.
