Yahoo News Storm Bert named as wet and very windy weekend to replace icy spell in northern Lincolnshire
Storm Bert will bring the icy spell to a sudden end this weekend with heavy rain and strong winds forecast.
The Met Office has now named the upcoming winter storm which will "bring impacts to large parts of the UK on Saturday and Sunday". In northern Lincolnshire, winds of around 50mph or higher are forecast along with some heavy rainfall throughout Saturday. It will stay blustery overnight into Sunday with further showers then expected.
The storm will see a rapid rise in temperatures too though winds will make it feel somewhat cooler. Between 9am and noon on Saturday highs of between 2 and 4C are predicted but, by midnight, the mercury is expected to have risen to around 12 or 13C as the milder air moves in from the south with the storm.
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Though a number of weather warnings are in place around the UK, none currently cover northern Lincolnshire which looks set to avoid the worst impacts of the storm according to current forecasts.
It will become cooler on Monday, and stay fairly windy, though temperatures will not fall to the levels seen this week with daytime highs of around 9 or 10C. However, they will dip further by midweek with highs of around 7 or 8C and overnight lows pushing towards freezing point.
Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Dan Holley said: “Storm Bert marks a shift to much milder air and wintry hazards will gradually diminish through the weekend, but heavy snowfall is expected across parts of northern England and Scotland for a time on Saturday, especially over higher ground, and warnings are in place.
“Heavy rain through Saturday and Sunday, especially in southern and western parts of the UK, will also bring impacts for some with a number of warnings in place. We expect 50-75mm of rainfall quite widely within the warning areas, but in excess of 100mm is possible over high ground in parts of Wales and southwest England.
“In addition, rapid melting of lying snow over the weekend and periods of strong winds are likely to exacerbate impacts and bring the potential for travel disruption, as well as flooding for some.”
