20 January - Storm Isha
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00:00Hello there and welcome to your latest update on Storm Isha, which is going to bring some
00:05very strong and damaging gusts of wind as well as some heavy rain across the country
00:10later on Sunday and into Monday morning.
00:13So looking at the bigger picture, powerful jet stream shooting across the Atlantic at
00:19the moment is helping to deepen Isha over the next 24 hours and as this storm system
00:24moves towards us, tight isobars across the UK indicating very strong and damaging gusts
00:29of wind and it will also be combined with some heavy rain.
00:33So we're expecting some disruption, particularly later on Sunday and into the start of Monday.
00:39So let's take a look at the wind gusts in detail.
00:42This is for midday on Sunday.
00:43We can see gales just starting to develop around some western coasts, but as we play
00:48the sequence through, we can see how widely across the UK we'll see gusts around 50 miles
00:53an hour and then locally over the hills and around the coast, we could see 60, 70, perhaps
00:58even 80 miles an hour as we head into the evening time, which is going to lead to some
01:02disruption.
01:03We could start to see the risk of some tiles being blown off roofs in places as well as
01:08some large branches and possible trees coming down, which will then lead to some travel
01:12disruption.
01:14Then as we head into the early hours, the centre of Isha starts to cross northern Scotland.
01:17We could see some very strong winds developing here, 70, 80 miles an hour or so.
01:23Elsewhere, they do start to ease a little bit into the early hours, but a squeeze in
01:27the isobars could give some very strong winds across south-east England as well, which takes
01:32us then through into Monday morning.
01:34The winds start to ease, still gusts of 30 to 40 miles an hour in places, but perhaps
01:40a little bit less disruptive as we head towards lunchtime on Monday.
01:45So looking at the rain in detail for Sunday, a bright start for many but cloud in the west
01:51and this system quickly moves in and we see outbreaks of heavy rain pushing in.
01:55This combined with the strong winds will lead to some tricky travelling conditions if you
01:59are moving across the country through Sunday evening and then the system moves out of the
02:04way through into Monday, leaving a mixture of blustery showers.
02:08For the Monday morning commute, there'll be a lot of surface spray on the roads.
02:12There could be some localised flooding in places too, so do take care on that side.
02:18So looking at the warning details for Sunday and into Monday, we have rain warnings across
02:23parts of Wales, north-west England, southern Scotland and central Scotland.
02:28Some of this rain combined with snowmelt is likely to lead to some localised flooding
02:32issues, so do stay tuned to your local radio and the Met Office forecast over the next
02:39few days as the forecast does remain unsettled.
02:43So then also taking a look at our wind warnings, well a wind warning covers the whole of the
02:48UK through Sunday and into Monday morning.
02:51We could see gusts of 50-60mph quite widely and then locally 70-80mph around those exposed
02:58coasts and over the higher ground too.
03:00The amber areas are where the higher gusts are more likely, but we could see those stronger
03:05winds in the yellow area too, so do take care if you are travelling through Sunday evening
03:10in particular and overnight into Monday.
03:14Storm Esher rattling in, we could see some travel disruption across the UK, heavy rain
03:19leading to some flooding in places too and those strong winds could lead to some disruption.
03:27So a lot going on with Storm Esher, so do stay tuned to the forecast over the coming
03:31days.
03:32See you soon.