The Met Office says it ‘will bring a range of hazards to the UK through Monday night and Tuesday’
Heavy rain is forecast (Image: Getty Images)
Wind gusts of almost 50mph are expected in East Yorkshire as Storm Chandra moves over the UK. The Met Office has named the deep area of low pressure that is set to bring wet and windy conditions on Tuesday.
Though the worst of the weather is expected in the south and west of the UK where a number of yellow and amber warnings have been issued, heavy rain and blustery conditions are also expected throughout our region for a time. A bitterly-cold day is forecast too with highs of around 6 or 7C but feeling much cooler in the winds with ‘feel-like’ temperatures of between -2 and 3C for much of the day.
Though there are currently no weather warnings in our area relating to the storm, the nearest is in parts of West Yorkshire and in the Pennines area between Huddersfield and Manchester where a yellow-level alert for snow and rain is in place. Up to 50mm of rain is forecast on Tuesday in this area, with snowfall on higher ground leading to accumulations of between 2 and 20cm.
In East Yorkshire, rain is forecast for “much of the day” which will be “heavy at times”. It is expected to arrive before dawn and continue until mid-afternoon before turning drier later.
Met Office chief forecaster Paul Gundersen said: “Storm Chandra will bring a range of hazards to the UK through Monday night and Tuesday. Initially strong winds will impact the Isles of Scilly, western Cornwall and southwest Wales which are still vulnerable after Storm Goretti, gusts of 70 to 80mph are possible here. Heavy rain is an additional hazard as it falls on saturated ground in Dorset and southern parts of Devon, Somerset and Cornwall.
“As Chandra interacts with colder air further north snow becomes a hazard, with 10-20cm of snow possibly accumulating over higher ground in the Pennines, southern Scotland and the Highlands. With a complex spell of weather, its important people stay up to date with the forecast and any warnings in your area.”
Storm Chandra is the next storm on the western Europe storm naming group list shared between the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. It follows Storm Amy in October and Storm Bram in December.
Other recent storms, such as Benjamin, Claudia and Goretti, have been named by other storm naming centres including Meteo France and AEMET of Spain.
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