Heavy rain and strong winds are set to continue across Scotland with the arrival of a newly-named storm.
Storm Lilian, announced by the Met Office on Thursday, could bring gusts of up to 80mph and follows two days of rain warnings in the west.
The forecaster has issued two fresh yellow weather warnings for rain in south-west Scotland and the Aberdeenshire coast from 9pm on Thursday to 9am Friday.
#StormLilian has been named and is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK tonight and on Friday morning
Stay #weatheraware pic.twitter.com/o7CazOHWQE
— Met Office (@metoffice) August 22, 2024
A yellow wind warning has also been issued covering northern England and north Wales from 5am to 11am on Friday, with the storm widely expected to bring gusts of 50-60mph in the region.
It comes after large parts of Scotland and northern England faced heavy rain and strong winds on Wednesday.
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Two yellow winds warnings covering northern Wales and northern England, including both Cumbria and Northumberland, were already in place on Thursday morning.
Lilian is the fifth named storm so far this year, and the first since April.
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Storms are named when they have the potential to cause disruption or damage which could result in an amber or red warning, the Met Office said.
The RAC estimated that 19.2 million leisure trips by car will be made over the weekend, with 3.2 million on Friday alone.
This is highest since the motoring services company began recording data for the summer bank holiday in 2015.
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