Forecasters said the weather could cause difficult driving conditions, travel disruption, flooding, and power cuts and urged people to 'stay safe', particularly in coastal areas.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for strong winds as gusts of 60mph could bring 'dangerous conditions' to parts of the UK. Areas in northern Wales, northern England and southern Scotland can expect the extreme conditions on Thursday from 1am until 9am. There is already another yellow warning for heavy rain in western Scotland, which came into force on Wednesday morning and will run until 8am on Thursday.
'Gusts of 50mph are likely fairly widely with some gusts of 60mph in exposed locations, including roads and bridges in north Wales, as well as roads passing over high ground in northern England and southern Scotland.' People on coastlines were urged to 'stay safe' and to be 'aware of large waves' while forecasters said the winds could bring travel disruption and power cuts.
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