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Weather - yellow warning for wind and rain issued across parts of Ayrshire

Weather - yellow warning for wind and rain issued across parts of Ayrshire

AuthorAyrshire Daily News
PublishedThursday, 8 November 2018

Between Fri 13:00 and Fri 23:59

A spell of heavy rain and strong winds is expected on Friday.

What to expect

- A few homes and businesses floodedSpray and flooding on roads will make journey times

longer

- Some delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport expectedDelays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges

- Some short term loss of power and other servicesCoastal routes, sea fronts and coastal communities affected by spray and/or large waves

Further details

A band of heavy rain is expected to move east during Friday with widely 15-25 mm of rain falling and perhaps 50 mm over higher ground. This will be in addition to other spells of heavy rain earlier in the week affecting a similar area.

Rain will be accompanied by strong winds with gusts of 50 mph possible inland and perhaps 60 mph around some coasts.