
Simon King Lead Weather Presenter
- 1 October 2025, 11:11 BST
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Updated 2 hours ago
The first named UK storm of the season – Storm Amy – is expected to hit the UK on Friday and Saturday, the Met Office has confirmed.
Amy will move to the north-west of the United Kingdom bringing gusts up to 80mph (129 km/h). Gales are expected widely with heavy rain.
Met Office yellow severe weather warnings for wind and rain have been issued from 12:00 Friday to 23:59 BST Saturday.
There is the possibility of damage and transport disruption into the weekend.

Storm Amy moves in to the UK on Friday
Thursday will bring a spell of wet and windy weather across Northern Ireland, Scotland and western parts of England and Wales.
Rain spreads in from the west, turning particularly heavy in western Scotland where there’s a yellow Met Office warning in force until midnight.
Rainfall totals will be building with 30-50mm (1-2in) widely but up to 80mm (3in) in the north-west and over high ground.
Flooding and landslides are possible.
Gusts of 50mph (80 km/h) are expected around Irish Sea coasts.
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- 1 September
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It is Friday when things will get stormier.
Earlier this week we were keeping an eye on Hurricane Humberto which is going to weaken in the mid-Atlantic before heading to the UK.
Just ahead of Humberto a deep area of low pressure will develop. Though it will contain remnants of the tropical storm, it will be a separate weather system. This is why the Met Office has decided to name it Storm Amy and not retain the name Humberto.
Storms can be named by either the Met Office, Met Éireann or the Netherlands weather service KNMI when impacts are forecast to be “medium” to “high”.
During Friday afternoon Storm Amy will move close to Scotland with heavy rain and strong winds building across the UK leading to significant impacts for some.
Yellow Met Office severe weather warnings have been issued for Friday and into Saturday for expected impacts caused by Storm Amy
Damaging winds
A Met Office yellow severe weather warning for wind will come into force in Northern Ireland from 16:00 BST Friday to 06:00 Saturday.
Additionally across Scotland, parts of north-west England and North Wales a yellow severe weather warning for wind will come into force from 18:00 BST on Friday until 23:59 on Saturday.
Widespread gusts of 50-60mph (80 – 96 km/h) will be likely within the warning area but may reach up to 70mph (113 km/h) in some places for a time.
Exposed coasts and hills in northern and western Scotland could experience gusts as high as 80mph (129 km/h).
These will be damaging winds which could blow trees over. As many trees are still in full leaf, they are more likely to be toppled with branches broken off than during the winter when the wind can whistle through them unimpeded.
Power cuts are possible.
There will also be transport disruption, particularly across Scotland with the possibility of cancelled ferries and restrictions on the road and rail network.
Flights from Scottish airports may also be delayed or cancelled.
The most destructive winds will ease during Saturday morning but it will remain very windy through the day.
Gusts of 60-70mph (97-113 km/h) will be felt in northern and western Scotland. Across the UK, gusts will widely be up to 40-55mph (64 – 89 km/h).
Even these lower wind speeds have the potential to bring further disruption during Saturday.
Flooding risk
Heavy rain will also sweep across the UK during Friday and lead to some localised flooding in parts
As well as strong winds, Amy will also bring some heavy rain on Friday.
In addition to the warnings for wind, there is a yellow Met Office warning for rain across much of Scotland from 12:00 BST to 23:59 Friday.
20-30mm (0.8-1in) of rain is expected widely with up to 50mm (2in) over some hilly areas in the south-west and Southern Highlands.
With rainfall totals building after spells of heavy rain through this week, there is the risk of further localised flooding.
The main area of rain will eventually move away to the south-east of the UK in the early hours of Saturday morning.
But though Saturday will still be very windy, there will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers.
Most of these showers will come in across northern and western parts of the UK.
By Sunday, Storm Amy will have moved further out into the North Sea so it will be drier with lighter winds for the second half of the weekend.
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