Scotland to be battered by winds of up to 70mph as Met Office weather warning issued

Scotland is to be battered by winds of up to 70mph with a yellow weather warning issued for Sunday.

The Met Office confirmed all parts of the country will be hit with strong winds which could bring disruption to travel routes and on roads on Sunday.

The warning is in force from 6am to 6pm on Sunday for most of the UK.

Southerly to southwesterly winds are expected to increase through Sunday morning, peaking late morning to early afternoon with gusts of 50-60mph.

weather warning for winds covering scotland this weekend Met Office

As much as 70mph in exposed spots along Irish Sea coastlines, Scottish Islands, and other areas of high ground further inland are possible.

Rain is set to accompany strong winds, which will make for very poor weather conditions, especially on roads, the Met Office said.

A yellow weather warning has also been from 6am on Friday until 6pm for heavy rain.

The country will see a few wet days before the heavy rain moves in.

The warning covers Angus, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, East and South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire.

Forecasters have predicted the potential for flooding and travel disruption in the affected areas.

Insight Sean Batty STV meteorologist

After weeks of colder and relatively settled weather, we’re about to shift into a much more unsettled but milder spell.

Temperatures on Thursday and Friday could climb into the mid-teens in parts of the north, particularly around Moray and the north Highlands.

However, the biggest talking point will be rainfall, especially on Friday and Sunday, which are set to be the wettest days.

On Friday alone, areas such as Argyll, East Ayrshire, Stirlingshire, and Perthshire could see as much as 70mm of rain on higher ground.

Combined with additional rainfall on Thursday and Sunday, totals could exceed 100mm in the wettest parts of the west Highlands and the western end of the Southern Uplands.

To put that into perspective, Perthshire typically sees around 100mm of rain for the entire month of February, meaning some areas could receive three weeks’ worth of rain in just a few days.

Other particularly wet spots will include the higher areas of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde, where around 60mm could fall—Clyde Muirshiel will be especially wet.

Strong winds will also be a feature in the coming days, with the worst conditions again expected on Friday and Sunday.

Wind gusts up to 70mph are possible for a time on Friday across Arran, Kintyre, the Small Isles, and the Outer Hebrides, with similar gusts expected again on Sunday, extending to the Northern Isles.

Looking ahead, this unsettled pattern is likely to continue until March, with further spells of windy and wet weather, interspersed with brief colder, more wintry periods.

At this stage, it looks like March will come in like a lion — let’s hope it goes out like a lamb though.