Storm Dudley could soon be officially named by the Met Office as winds reaching 90mph are set to batter Britain.

A yellow warning for wind is in place for parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern England on Wednesday and Thursday – but this may be upgraded to amber in the coming days.

Meteorologist Tom Morgan warned the whole week is going to see ‘quite a disturbed weather pattern developing across the UK’.

The worst of the wind is expected to hit midweek, with the 24-hour wind alert in force from 6pm on Wednesday, stretching down from the Orkney Islands to parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire,

As the weather system moves in, it’s likely to bring ‘some severe gales and possibly storm force winds’, Mr Morgan said.

‘Western parts of Scotland look like bearing the brunt of the strongest winds, where we could see gusts of 80mph to 90mph on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

‘That’s strong enough to bring some quite widespread disruption, and it’s an area of the country that’s seen several named storms this winter season already.’

The meteorologist said the closer we get to Wednesday, the more likely the weather front may need to be escalated.

As part of the yellow warning, there is the potential for 70mphs inland gusts, with exposed coasts and hills seeing even higher speeds.

‘It’s not just going to be strong winds this week,’ said Mr Morgan, warning there could be snow in Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.

Much of the country should prepare for new snow and ice warnings over the next few days.

The wintery weather will not just affect the northern parts of the UK.

‘The southern parts of England and Wales will see their turn. It looks very, very windy in the south at this stage for Friday,’ Mr Morgan said.

‘There could be some quite widespread travel disruption through this week.’

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