Edinburgh is forecast to see wind speeds as high as 60mph this weekend with the Met Office warning that adverse conditions ‘may have a greater than usual impact given the busier pre-Christmas weekend travel’.
A yellow weather warning for wind is in effect from 7 a.m. Saturday to 9 p.m. Sunday, with’strong westerly winds anticipated to develop on Saturday’ and’strong and gusty north-westerly winds on Sunday’.
Edinburgh will see gale force winds throughout Saturday, with an average wind speed of 53mph. Light showers are expected on Saturday, with wind speeds reaching 60 mph by around 3 p.m.
Sunday is expected to be marginally less windy, although high winds will persist throughout the day, with an average wind speed of 44mph. Following a rainy start, Sunday will be generally gloomy with occasional bright breaks.
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