04/02/2014 BBC Weather

Good evening. Much like the local forecast, the national picture is a

stormy one in the next 24 hours. The Met Office have issued an amber

weather warning for strong winds across southern counties. Wilts up

to Surrey in particular. There will be some transport disruption, no

doubt, and it could go beyond that, so if you're travelling across the

country there could be transport and power disruption and with more rain

in the forecast, further flooding where areas have flooded and some

very strong winds and high seas. Southern coastal counties of England

and Wales have been troubled, but Dorset sees three severe flood

warnings, and more details on them on our own website. Still some very

strong winds and heavy rain although it is set to ease off in the next

hour. The strongest winds will be on the back edge of this band of more

persistent rain which extends across much of England, Northern Ireland

and increasingly so into Scotland, producing heavy snow across the

Grampians. Gales inland, 50 or 60 mph, easing as the first batch of

rain pushes through, but then the next major batch works through into

tomorrow morning and this will start to pep up the rain and also bring

strong winds. It is all linked into the stormy low-pressure. Strongest

winds around the Channel coast. Heavy rain to start your morning

rush hour in Wales, the south-west, and after early brightness.

Widespread gales across the country, the winds around the coast may be up

to 80 mph and they will strengthen in the west later. Temperatures

fairly academic. One or two bright spells, but plenty of rain through

the day, and the driest spot will be the north-west of Scotland. It stays

windy tomorrow evening, so problems as we ended the day tomorrow. The

winds eased down as we go through Wednesday into Thursday. Persistent

rain in Orkney and Shetland but the rain turning less showery. Drier and

brighter weather, lighter winds, but there is more rain in the south

coast by the end of the day, and that is on top of already saturated

ground, as much as an inch, Thursday night into brightly as the

low-pressure pushes through and will only enhance the flooding risk

further. It does clear with bright conditions when the day, but more

stormy weather in the weekend. More details on the website.

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