UK weather: Storm Betty brings more August wind and rain

Storm Betty has brought dense downpours and precocious winds to overmuch of the state arsenic the UK's unpredictable August upwind continues.

It is the 2nd clip since 2015 the UK has seen 2 named storms successful August.

Windspeeds topping 60mph were recorded successful Wales, and parts of Northern Ireland had much than their mean rainfall for the period successful a azygous night.

While conditions are expected to amended for most, this week's outlook is mixed, according to BBC Weather.

A upwind informing for precocious winds remained successful spot until noon connected Saturday for occidental parts of England and Wales, arsenic good arsenic eastbound Northern Ireland.

A abstracted rainfall informing was successful unit until noon for Central Scotland, Tayside and Fife, Grampian, south-west Scotland, Lothian Borders and Strathclyde.

Betty is the 2nd named tempest to deed the UK this month, pursuing Storm Antoni.

It's lone the 2nd clip that 2 August storms person been important capable to sanction since the strategy was adopted successful 2015. The different twelvemonth was August 2020 (Storm Ellen and Storm Francis).

Areas astir the Irish Sea saw the strongest winds, with gusts betwixt 50-60mph being recorded precocious connected Friday and aboriginal connected Saturday morning.

The strongest upwind (66mph) was recorded connected precocious crushed astatine Capel Curing successful north-west Wales, portion Aberdaron successful the aforesaid portion and Pembrey Sands successful southbound Wales besides saw speeds astir the 60mph mark.

Cornwall besides saw beardown gusts, with speeds of astir 55mph being recorded successful immoderate places,

Northern Ireland saw the worst of the rain, with galore areas experiencing downpours of 25-35mm successful a substance of hours.

Katesbridge, a tiny hamlet successful County Down, was the wettest spot successful the UK, with 45mm of rainfall successful 12 hours - which is implicit fractional the August mean successful conscionable 1 night.

There has been question disruption successful Scotland, with immoderate localised roadworthy flooding and obstruction cancellations.

George Goodfellow, elder meteorologist astatine BBC Weather, said Storm Betty is present moving distant truthful conditions are improving.

But helium warned that the remainder of play "might inactive beryllium beauteous breezy", though wide rainfall is not expected for the remainder of Saturday.

The forecaster added: "The adjacent fewer days volition spot debased unit adjacent to the northbound of the UK, truthful whilst it isn't going to beryllium arsenic bedewed and windy arsenic past night, we bash inactive expect showers and possibly immoderate longer spells of rainfall crossed the northbound of the UK.

"There could besides beryllium immoderate spells of precise breezy, locally windy upwind crossed Scotland and possibly Northern Ireland and parts of bluish England, but again we're not expecting winds arsenic beardown arsenic past night.

"The southbound should stay comparatively adust done the remainder of the play and archetypal fractional of adjacent week.

"Temperatures are presently a small supra mean and are expected to stay truthful for the adjacent fewer days too, though the adjacent fewer nights should beryllium a small cooler and fresher."

Storm Betty besides brought immoderate melodramatic upwind to Ireland, particularly successful coastal areas.

In Dungarvan, County Waterford, a vessel broke escaped from its berth was thrown onto the harbour by almighty waves.