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of this morning. good morning. storm otto is named by the danish weather service but having an impact here already, gusty winds, travel and power disruption. let me take you through the details. on the base of this hook of cloud, the strongest winds are running through this part, it is working east so that is where we will see the peak of the winds across parts of scotland over the next few hours. in the last hour certainly wins over 80 miles an hour in some parts of scotland, and in north east england at the winds are strengthening. a flavour of what to expect, the wind is easing down in western scotland compared to what we have had so far. but picking up in the north east of england, to the east of the pennines we could see winds topping 75 miles an hour through the rest of this morning. don t forget with the wind coming from a generally western direction, it is a crosswind for major roads,
north east england will become very strong and gusty, particularly on the pennines and to the east of them we could have winds costing as much as 75 miles an hour. that could cause some damage, disruption, and that will be a crosswind for some major roads, so that could have a big impact on high sided vehicles. the rest of it, we have got some lively showers working across scotland, some are heavy with thunder. patchy rain and drizzle working south into england and wales, staying cloudy in seven counties but even though it is windy and gusty, we will see things brighten up with some sunshine around. the wind is not quite as strong through this afternoon, they will start to ease to the second half of the day and whilst it will turn cooler compared to what we have at the moment in the north, in the south it was state mild. i will have more details and your crucial weekend for cut in half an hour.
strengthen for a little while longer and they are strengthening still across the pennines and to the north east of england. the server for the next few hours at least, while the winds are easing down across scotland, we could see gusts of wind of 70 80 across 0rkney and shetland and potentially damaging disrupting the bust of winds across the pennines and eastern england. with the wind is coming from a westerly direction it s a crosswind for the likes of the major roads in the north and southern scotland. today, sunshine across the northern half of the country, showers in the south and increasing the amounts of cloud and patchy rain and drizzle. hello, this is bbc news. i m martine croxall with the headlines. the prime minister holds talks with northern ireland s political parties with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on post brexit trade arrangements could soon be agreed.