00:00Hello, good morning. One low clears away, another deeper low arrives and as a result
00:07the Met Office have issued an amber warning for Scotland, for Western Scotland in particular,
00:12for Sunday as Storm Ashley moves in. Ashley during Saturday deepens rapidly as it moves
00:20across the Atlantic as the jet stream picks it up and becomes a very vigorous low by the
00:26time it reaches the UK during Sunday with widespread gales and disruptive winds especially
00:32towards the North West. Having said that, there's another low that's affecting us at
00:37first this weekend and that brought wet and windy weather to the West on Friday but this
00:42morning it's bringing outbreaks of rain to the Midlands and Eastern England. That rain
00:47is slowing down, the winds are easing and there'll be some heavy rain in places. So
00:52certainly a slow start for Eastern England with that rain continuing into the afternoon
00:56in places. But brighter skies follow elsewhere, albeit with a few showers for Central and
01:00Western Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and the South West. These showers largely
01:05fade away into the late afternoon and in any sunny spells feeling pleasant enough although
01:10temperatures limited in the far South East because of the rain and its late clearance.
01:15Then into the evening, any showers tend to fade away, a clear and calm start to the night
01:22you wouldn't think a storm was on the way but by midnight the cloud is thickening and
01:27the wind is picking up across Western parts of the UK. Northern Ireland sees heavy rain
01:31move in by dawn, likewise for parts of Wales and the South West, the winds strengthening.
01:37In the East it's clear at first on Sunday but the wind comes in two swathes. The first
01:43swathe associated with heavy rain in Western parts of the UK on Sunday morning, 50, 60
01:48mph wind gusts. Then the next swathe of strong winds, even stronger winds I should say, associated
01:56with Ashley and to the South of the Low Centre, those winds are primarily across Northern
02:01Ireland and Western Scotland by Sunday evening. Wind gusts of 70 and for parts of Western
02:07Scotland 80 mph could cause considerable disruption. We're talking about transport disruption,
02:13power cuts as well as the risk of coastal flooding, particularly coastal flooding because
02:19the winds of course coinciding with a period of high tides. Now for much of the UK it is
02:25a wet and windy start to Sunday, the rain soon pushing eastwards but it takes its time
02:31to clear from the Midlands and East Anglia as well as the South East during the afternoon.
02:35Brighter skies arrive in the West, don't be fooled by those brighter skies, the strongest
02:38winds arrive behind the wet weather and the strongest winds will be associated with lively
02:44showers into the afternoon and evening. So Western Scotland, amber warning. Much of the
02:50rest of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern and North Western England as well as parts
02:56of Wales, yellow warning. Risk of disruption, we'll keep you updated right here at the Met
03:01office and we'll have those updates on our YouTube channel as well as through the website
03:04and app. Bye bye.
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