Met Office yellow warning for high winds in Peterborough this week

The yellow warning states: “Tuesday and Wednesday sees another likely period of strong winds and gales, with some disruption to transport possible.

“A spell of strong winds is likely to develop across the southwest of England and Wales on Tuesday morning, before spreading east across other parts of England and Wales overnight, clearing into the North Sea on Wednesday.

“Gusts of wind are likely to exceed 50mph for quite a few places, with exposed coasts and hills seeing gusts in excess of 60 mph.

“Whilst not exceptional, winds this strong are unusual for August and they will be accompanied by some heavy rain in places, with possible transport disruption and impacts on outdoor activities.”

The Met office also stated there could be some delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport with some bus and train services affected, with some journeys taking longer.

Delays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges are likely.

The forecast shows that tomorrow (Tuesday, August 25) is likely to see the worst of the weather with heavy rain forecast in Peterborough from early morning through to lunchtime along with wind speeds that are likely to gust in excess of 48mph.

Winds are likely to remain strong during Wednesday morning before a spell of calmer weather moves in by Thursday.