Storm Kathleen to bring wet, warm and windy weather this weekend

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind

Brace yourselves for some windy but quite warm weather, as Storm Kathleen has hit the UK this weekend.

The Irish weather service Met Éireann gave Storm Kathleen its name and Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and western parts of England and Wales are feeling the UK's strongest winds - with gusts from 50-70 miles per hour - which is as fast as cars go on the motorway!

Yesterday, about 140 flights departing and arriving at UK airports were cancelled after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind.

Rail and ferry services have also been affected in Scotland and in Belfast the strong winds damaged the roof of the Titanic Museum.

With the Easter school holidays continuing, and Eid happening next week, there are warnings for people who are travelling or away over the weekend to be careful on their journeys.

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The strongest gusts of 101mph were recorded at the summit of Cairngorm, a mountain in the Scottish Highlands and in Capel Curing, north Wales, wind speeds reached 68mph.

The Met Office has also issued yellow severe weather warnings for parts of Scotland on Sunday.

This means the bad weather could have impacts such as travel delays, road and rail closures and power cuts.

Thousands of passengers experienced delays when flights were cancelled at airports including Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Belfast City.

The vast majority of flights affected were those travelling within the UK and to and from the island of Ireland, and to the Isle of Man.

Storm Kathleen is expected to ease by Sunday evening.

Windy but also warm

Some areas of the UK could get flooded as a result of Storm Kathleen

But despite being extremely windy, Storm Kathleen also brought unexpectedly warm temperatures too.

The year's warmest temperature was recorded in Lakenheath, Suffolk, on Saturday, BBC Weather said. This beat the previous high of 19.9C in north-west Scotland in January.

Storm Kathleen is the latest in some exceptionally wet weather we've been having this Spring.

It's not common for storms to happen at this time of year, and since 2015 there has only been one UK named storm in April: Storm Hannah in 2019.