Track Storm Goretti's progress here
A rare red weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for parts of the UK as Storm Goretti approaches.
The French-named storm has been talked about lots in the past few days, with it making landfall today.
Initially a number of yellow and amber warnings had been issued for across the UK, warning of snow, ice, rain and wind with many of these warnings stretching into Friday.
Now, the Met Office has just issued a rare red warning in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly for strong winds between the times of 16:00 and 23:00.
Gusts of up to 100mph are expected and could even surpass this ceiling figure.
The Met Office says a red warning means:
- Damage to buildings and homes, with roofs blown off and power lines brought down. Flying debris resulting in danger to life.
- Roads, bridges and railway lines closed, with delays and cancellations to bus, train, ferry services and flights
- Power cuts affecting other services, such as mobile phone coverage
- Very large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, sea fronts and homes
People in these areas are advised to stay indoors during this time period and to stay away from coastal areas.
Storm Goretti is an example of a 'weather bomb' - this is where pressure falls by 24 hPa within 24 hours.
However, this coupled with the cold weather brought on Arctic winds means that Goretti is more of a snowstorm rather than any old storm.
You can track Storm Goretti's progress below:
The full list of warnings are as follows.
Amber - Snow (20:00-09:00 Friday):
East Midlands
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland
South West England
Wales
- Blaenau Gwent
- Caerphilly
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Gwynedd
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Torfaen
- Wrexham
West Midlands
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Telford and Wrekin
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands Conurbation
- Worcestershire
Yorkshire & Humber
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
Yellow - Snow (17:00-12:00 Friday):
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland
East of England
- Bedford
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Luton
- Peterborough
London & South East England
- Buckinghamshire
- Milton Keynes
- Oxfordshire
- West Berkshire
North East England
North West England
- Cheshire East
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Lancashire
South West England
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bristol
- Gloucestershire
- North Somerset
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- Swindon
- Wiltshire
Wales
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Torfaen
- Wrexham
West Midlands
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands Conurbation
- Worcestershire
Yorkshire & Humber
- North Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
Yellow - Snow and Ice (20:00-12:00 Friday):
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Clackmannanshire
- Dundee
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
Grampian
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Highland
North East England
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
North West England
Orkney & Shetland
- Orkney Islands
- Shetland Islands
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
Strathclyde
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- North Lanarkshire
- South Lanarkshire
Yorkshire & Humber
Yellow - Rain (18:00-21:00 Friday):
East Midlands
East of England
- Cambridgeshire
- Norfolk
- Peterborough
- Suffolk
Yorkshire & Humber
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
Yellow - Wind (15:00-08:00 Friday):
London & South East England
- Brighton and Hove
- East Sussex
- Hampshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Portsmouth
- Southampton
- West Sussex
South West England
- Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Isles of Scilly
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- Torbay
Wales
- Ceredigion
- Pembrokeshire
- Swansea
