BBC Weather: 80mph winds batter UK as heavy rain grips the country ahead of weekend storms

BBC Weather: Strong winds and rain hit UK

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BBC Weather forecaster Matt Taylor warned of the extremely unsettled weather conditions for Friday going into the weekend. He warned of gusts just shy of 78mph as a swirl of rain covers the country. Going into the weekend, Britons can expect the wet weather to continue as well.

Saturday will begin with sunshine for many but a wall of rain will eventually move in from the west to strike the country.

Mr Taylor said: “This swirl of cloud is more reminiscent of an air of low pressure that you get in October never mind in May.

“It is under that swirl of cloud that we see all the rain and the strongest of the winds on the southern edge of it

“We will see winds over 75mph across some parts of western Wales.”

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Some of the strongest winds on Friday morning were seen in the southwest of the UK.

With some areas like Dorset and the Isle of Wight along the coast seeing winds between 54mph and 78mph.”

The BBC weather forecaster continued: “It sounds even worse out there because the trees are in full leaf.

“That wind could bring down a few branches across southern areas today and winds strengthening towards the south-east for the next two hours.

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“That is only part of the story as that swirl of cloud will be bringing this swirl of rain.

“It will be most persistent this morning with northwest England and northwest Wales where we see three inches of rain in the last 24 hours.

“There will be persistent rain in the northeast of Scotland today, Aberdeenshire and Angus in particular.”

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For Friday Mr Taylor said that despite the heavy rain and strong winds across the country the majority of areas will reach double figures in temperature. 

Aberdeen, Stornoway and Lerwick will be the only areas that fall shy of 10C. 

For Saturday the weather forecaster noted the beginning of the day will see some of the rain move to the east of the UK causing sunshine for a time.

However, another wall of rain is set to move in across the country from the Atlantic ocean by late Saturday evening. 

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