05/12/2024 – Storm Darragh hits this weekend - video Dailymotion

This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for Storm Darragh 05/12/2024. Bringing you this weather forecast is Aidan McGivern.

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00:00Hi there, the Met Office have named Storm Dara because of the risk of significant disruption

00:04from wind on Friday night and into the UK, especially for western parts of the UK.

00:10Ahead of Storm Dara, there's another spell of wet and windy weather on Thursday night

00:14courtesy of this low. This low is joined up to Storm Dara, a common thread, a very powerful

00:21jet stream in excess of 200 miles an hour in places and that jet stream helping to deepen

00:26these areas of low pressure and send them towards the UK. So increasingly wet ahead

00:31of that as we end Thursday afternoon, risk of disruption in places because of the heavy

00:35rain but it does sweep through, accompanied by strong winds 50, 60 miles an hour in places,

00:40even touching 70 across some exposed western parts. Nevertheless, early hours of Friday

00:46that low moves away and a ridge of higher pressure builds in. That means clearing skies

00:51overnight, winds easing and a bright but chilly start for many of us on Friday. It

00:56stays fine in the east on Friday but in the west, the weather soon deteriorates ahead

01:01of Storm Dara. That's going to bring in a spell of heavy rain once again, Northern Ireland,

01:06much of Scotland, England and Wales seeing that wet weather arrive by the end of Friday

01:10and that will be falling as snow above 300 metres for Scotland. Further spells of rain

01:14push through Northern Ireland, Western England, Wales and Southern Scotland through the day

01:18on Saturday, a very blustery and wet day. The rain accumulating to 60 or more millimetres

01:24across parts of Northern Ireland, Southern Scotland, Wales and Western England and that

01:28could cause disruption. But the main cause for concern is the wind. Here are the expected

01:33wind gusts as Storm Dara crosses the country during Saturday. The wind's picking up overnight

01:38Friday but peaking as the main area of rain goes through on Saturday morning. And as you

01:43can see from this gust graphic with the key over here on the right, wind gusts are expected

01:48to widely reach across Southern Scotland, Northern Ireland, much of England and Wales

01:5250 to 60 miles an hour. But for some of the windiest places, Northern Ireland, Irish Sea

01:59Coast into Wales and Western England, there's the risk of 70 miles an hour inland and 80

02:06miles an hour or more for some exposed coastal parts and hills. And those kinds of wind gusts

02:13don't happen very often at all in these areas, could cause significant disruption, power

02:18outages as well as travel disruption, damage to buildings and dangerous conditions around

02:24coasts with large waves and flying debris. So for that reason, there is an amber warning

02:29in force for parts of Northern Ireland, Western England as well as Wales and South West Scotland

02:36and a broader yellow warning for those areas that aren't quite experiencing the strongest

02:40winds but still at risk from disruption and that covers Southern Scotland, Northern Ireland,

02:45much of the rest of England and Wales. It is worth staying up to date with all the latest

02:50forecasts and warnings over the next couple of days. You can do that by following the

02:54Met Office on YouTube or of course heading to the Met Office website and app. Bye bye.