The south-westerly storm – for which the Met Office have issued their highest-level warning – could see gusts to 65 knots and you’ll probably wake up to strong winds and heavy rain first thing tomorrow, which could cause disruption on the roads.
The Met’s Duty Forecaster John Searson said the strongest winds are expected to hit between 3 am and 8 am and will be powerful enough to bring down trees that could cause some problems for commuters in the morning – this morning’s winds brought down a tree in St John that caused backups on the roads, but tomorrow is expected to be stronger still.
We’re not likely to see the same storm at sea as was recorded last night though.
Mr Searson said: “Overnight last night we had a gale force eight, the winds last night and the swells coming down from Iceland meant we had very big waves, measuring around 14 feet, one that peaked at 32 feet which was very high.”
The front is expected to clear through in the morning when the wind and rain is expected to ease off.