High winds caused flight delays in Scotland, with pilots making a second attempt at landing. This occurred before a rare red weather warning for central, southern, and western Scotland, predicting wind gusts up to 95mph. The news also reports on two more lynx sightings, potential record low temperatures in Braemar, and a yellow weather warning for ice in northern and western Scotland.
An initial attempt was thwarted by high winds, with pilots managing to land safely on their second attempt at around 08:30 on Friday morning.
It came ahead of a rare red weather warning that was issued for much of central, southern and western Scotland from 10:00-17:00. Wind gusts of 95mph have been recorded on the Forth Road Bridge while a peak of nearly 101mph was reported in Lanarkshire.Police say two more lynx have been spotted in the same area where a pair of the wild cats were captured on Thursday.
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