The Met Office has issued weather warnings for several days of heavy wind and rain for most of England.

The large area of central and southern, including around Milton Keynes, has assorted warnings for heavy wind and heavy rain over the next few days from today (05/12) through to Sunday (08/12).

Warnings for strong wind are already in place across Scotland, with a low pressure system set to bring more stormy weather south over the coming days.

The warnings are split into two separate bands. A first wave is forecast today (05/12) where gusty winds are forecast to be present in the area, with the strongest expected in the evening.

A combined warning for heavy rain and wind is then in play for the following three days. The warning issued covers the period from 3pm on Friday (06/12) all the way to Sunday morning.

The warning says that disruption to road, rail and power services is a possibility, depending on the weather’s severity.

The heavy weather comes only a few weeks after Storm Bert, which caused major flooding in Northampton and several other area of the country, including particularly bad flooding in South Wales. The cell would be named Storm Darragh, although has not officially been upgraded to a named status storm just yet in England.

Mike Silverstone, Deputy Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office, said, “While there is still uncertainty about the track and depth of the low pressure, Friday night and Saturday will be wet and very windy across parts of the UK.

“Some model solutions have the low pressure further north and much deeper, bringing very strong winds and heavy rain, whilst other model solutions have the low pressure further south and not as deep, still bringing unsettled weather but not as impactful.”