Storm Lilian has been named, with strong winds and heavy rain likely for many in areas across the north overnight and into Friday morning.
Lilian will move northeast early on Friday morning, bringing strong winds for northern England and Wales, as well as parts of southern Scotland.
Warnings issued by the Met Office highlight potential travel disruption, the possibility of power cuts and dangerous conditions.
Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly said: “Storm Lilian will bring some potentially damaging gusts during Friday morning, with gusts widely in the 50-60mph range, with the possibility of some gusts in excess of 75mph in a few places.
“There’s associated rainfall with Lilian that has also resulted in a Met Office warning for parts of Scotland. Within the warning area, another 50mm of rain is possible over high ground, with 20-30mm falling quite widely. Much of this is falling on saturated ground so increases the chance of some surface water flooding.”
Storm Lilian is the twelfth named storm of this storm naming season, which runs from September through to the following September. This is the furthest through the list of names the Western European storm naming group has got since storm naming was introduced in 2015.
The yellow weather warning is in place until 11am on Friday Morning with heavy rain the forecast for a wet and blustery day on Friday as Storm Lilian moves out across the North Sea.
The Met Office has said people should expect delays and disruption to road, rail, air and ferry transport, with some journeys taking longer or be subject to cancelation.
High winds are likely to affect major routes across Cumbria including the M6 and A66 with some locally heavy rainfall will add to the difficult travel conditions.
Power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage.
Delays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes are also likely with a strong wind warning already in place on the A66 for high sided vehicles.
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