Where is Storm Georgina right now? Latest weather model shows storm hitting Scotland today
THE latest Met Office weather model shows Storm Georgina crossing over Scotland this morning before heading out to sea.
The model shows that the storm is over the north coast of Scotland during this morning’s rush hour after hitting Ireland last night.
The Irish version of the Met Office named Storm Georgina and said its centre tracked to the north-west of Ireland last night.
A Met Éireann spokeswoman said that the storm has now passed in Ireland but is currently hitting the north-west of Scotland.
At 9.15am, she said: “During today it is going to track eastward across the north coast of Scotland. At the moment, it’s probably hitting the most north-west part of Scotland.”
The Met Office has issued a yellow ‘be aware’ warning of high winds in Scotland and North Ireland until 2pm today.
The warnings have been issued for the Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Strathclyde, Tayside and the Highlands.
The Met Office chief forecaster said: “Over Northern Ireland peak winds are expected during the early hours of Wednesday.
“Over western Scotland, including the Western Isles, the highest winds are expected to be late in the night and early on Wednesday morning and thus coincide with the morning rush hour.
Heavy #rain and squally winds are expected through the morning rush hour, take care and stay #weatherware #StormGeorgina pic.twitter.com/fGfs55ZbvI
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“By late morning and early afternoon the highest winds will be confined to the far north of mainland Scotland, Orkney and Shetland.”
A satellite image below showed the storm bearing down on Scotland overnight.
Another yellow warning of rain will remain in place until 11am in the North of England.
The Met Office chief forecaster said: “Spells of rain, heavy at times, will affect the region overnight and on Wednesday morning.
“The heaviest rain is looking likely to fall late in the night and first thing in the morning.”
The Met Office tweeted: “Heavy rain and squally winds are expected through the morning rush hour, take care and stay #weatherware #StormGeorgina.”