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A spell of extremely windy weather from the west will bring down power lines and disrupt travel this morning, the Met Office has warned. Storm Georgina was officially named by the Irish Met
Eireann on Tuesday after a brewing system of low pressure prompted yellow wind warnings across parts of the UK. Rainfall picked up overnight in Ireland and Scotland, but wind gusts between
50 and 60mph are forecast to strike around rush hour. Katie Greening, The Weather Channel forecaster, said: "The rain begins in Ireland and Scotland overnight, affecting Wales, the
Midlands and the south-west during rush hour. "It will then move on to the south-east by about midday and clearing to the continent by evening. "Many places will see gusts of wind
up to 60mph, over 80mph is possible over the Highlands.” The Met Office has now issued a yellow wind warning for the northernmost parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, in effect between
1am and 2pm on Wednesday. The national forecaster expects bludgeoning gusts between 70 and 80mph over the Highlands and Hebrides. Motorists have been told to stay on the lookout for
high-sided vehicles and travellers can expect delays on train and bus services today. Satellite imagery from the Met Office placed the eye of the storm several miles west of Scotland around
7am today. Met Office’s Aidan McGivern warned a narrow band of particularly intense rainfall will also lash through central parts of England at around 8am. He said: “Even inland of this
narrow band of intense rainfall, we could see 50 to 60 miles per hour gusts. “By the afternoon it’s East Anglia and the south-east that will see the wettest and the most blustery weather.
“Elsewhere sunshine replaces the rainfall, but for all of us, we will see some showers moving in.” The forecaster expected anywhere from one to two inches of rainfall in places. Met Office
weather maps show Georgina will begin to move away from the UK mainland around midday, with the eye of the storm moving off the coast of Scotland after 3pm. Brighter periods and blustery
showers will likely follow. Forecaster Hanna Findley of The Weather Channel warned the heavy rainfall could lead to some localised flooding. She said: “The frontal system will also bring
heavy but short-lived periods of rain, up to 6mm per hour, so localised flash-flooding is possible.”