Yellow Alert: Met Office issue warning as ‘force 9’ gales forecast to sweep into Deeside

The Met Office has issued a yellow ‘be aware’ warning for Flintshire as forecasts suggest wind up to 60mph will sweep into the region from around 4pm today, Tuesday 17 November.

Storm Barney is the latest powerful weather system to hit Wales, over the weekend Storm Abigail caused damage in Deeside causing a 40ft tree being blown over near Asda.

The latest storm is expected to bring gale force winds and heavy rain, aviation warnings from the Met Office forecast wind speeds of up to 45 knots.

The Met Office chief forecaster says:

“A vigorous depression will track quickly east across Ireland and then northern England this evening, with a swathe of very strong winds developing on the southern flank of the low. The worst of the winds look likely to reach west Wales in the early evening, sweeping rapidly eastwards across the Midlands and East Anglia later during the evening. This update limits the southern extent of the previous warning.”

The Met Office chief forecaster says:

A vigorous depression will track quickly east across Ireland and then northern England this evening, with a swathe of very strong winds developing on the southern flank of the low. The worst of the winds look likely to reach west Wales in the early evening, sweeping rapidly eastwards across the Midlands and East Anglia later during the evening. This update limits the southern extent of the previous warning.

Storm Selfies.

Thrill-seekers are being warned not to put themselves at risk by taking photographs in stormy condition, often buoyed on from ‘requests’ for photo’s by news organisations in return for seeing a small credit on a published photograph.