The Met Office has issued yellow warnings of high winds for Scotland and parts of the UK due to Storm Ingunn, which is rapidly deepening and expected to bring severe gales and stormy conditions. The warnings cover a wide area, with gusts of 45-65mph expected, and potential gusts close to 100mph in Norway. The storm, named by the Norwegian Met Service, has already set new records for sustained windspeed in Norway and is described as one of the strongest storms to hit the country in 30 years. Disruption to travel and hazardous driving conditions are likely, with the storm's impacts being compared to those of a Category 1 hurricane.
Storm Ingunn is the latest in a string of storms impacting western and northern Europe this winter. It rapidly intensified into a bomb cyclone as it swarmed Norway this week, strengthening into one of the strongest storms to hit the country in 30 years. https://t.co/Wsrw9MhgqN
Weather: Storm Ingunn set a new Norwegian record for sustained windspeed last night: 54.4 m/s at Kvaløyfjellet, Sømna. Figures in () is the strongest measured gusts at these locations. https://t.co/wBpWAbwCGX
The extreme weather warning "Ingunn" has been updated ⚠️ Bodø, Salten and Vesterålen are included in the extreme weather warning at red level. In this area, the wind will be strongest on Thursday morning and in the morning with extremely strong gusts and a strong north-westerly… https://t.co/w5de5o13vb
Atlantic storm #Ingunn with a central pressure of 952mb is hammering places like the Faroe Islands with damaging winds right now. https://t.co/GVLNQscxOu
The rapidly deepening area of low pressure passing to the north of Scotland today has been named Storm Ingunn by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute Severe gales will affect northern Britain, but in Norway, red warnings are in place for hurricane force winds and avalanches https://t.co/mXkCQQU5Ll
Good afternoon to you all. #StormIngunn is packing a punch across Scotland today, with Met Office yellow warnings of high winds in place until this evening. Details, from Kirsteen. https://t.co/HLYvg8wbDW
Some of the highest wind gusts we've had across Scotland so far today. All in association with #StormIngunn Kirsteen. https://t.co/y7HCiC9TDB
Storm Ingunn is an exceptional storm. Earlier a gust of 155mph was recorded by a Landsverk weather station in the Faroe Islands - this is far stronger than any gust that The Great 1987 Storm threw at the UK! https://t.co/xvEsrh0d7b
Storm "Ingunn" is headed towards Norway, undergoing rapid deepening at the same time (explosive cyclogenesis) potential gusts of wind on the west coast of Norway close to 100mph !! https://t.co/FsIgmljdMN
An increasingly very wet and very windy day, with stormy conditions in the north, thanks to a rapidly deepening area of low pressure to our north, named #StormIngunn by the Norwegian Met Service. Met Office yellow warnings for high, and disruptive, winds cover the whole country. https://t.co/nURFxJ0eWj
Widespread gales for all tomorrow, with severe gale to storm force winds across Northern Scotland, the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. The system has been named #INGUUN by the Norwegian Met Service, as that's where the highest wind gusts and impacts are likely to be felt. https://t.co/Pzb1Kuvj2p
Strong winds are set to bring travel disruption to parts of the UK as the Met Office issues weather warnings ✍️: @LucRaghallaigh https://t.co/7qtBT6vjBY
Storm Inguun is set to explosively develop into a potent "bomb cyclone" in the North Atlantic. It will bring extremely windy conditions to Norway from tomorrow evening into Thursday morning with impacts very similar wind-wise to a Cat. 1 hurricane. Credit: @zoom_earth https://t.co/f2wmNJDIFq
Met Office yellow warning of high winds. Valid from 09:00- 17:00 Wed. Gusts of 45-65mph. Disruption likely. Hazardous driving conditions. Kirsteen. https://t.co/Lzr889z5EL
Met Office yellow warning of high winds. Valid from 05:00 - 19:00 Wed. Strong to gale-force winds widely. 70-80mph for the Western Isles and north western coasts. In excess of 80mph in Shetland, particularly later in the day. Disruption likely. Hazardous driving conditions. K https://t.co/yeeEHZVKef
Good afternoon! Turning very unsettled again tomorrow, with high winds and a spell of heavy rain, in association with a rapidly deepening area of low pressure passing to the north of Scotland. Met Office yellow warnings of high winds have been issued. Details from Kirsteen. https://t.co/2CAHXaAxh1