Met Office forecasters have predicted the exact time winds from Storm Éowyn will die down.
The storm reached its zenith in the early afternoon (January 24), with winds of 90mph forecast in Glasgow city centre. The Met Office issued a rare red weather warning for wind brought by Storm Éowyn as Police Scotland warned those in the red zone not to travel.
Public transport is severely disrupted, with no First Bus services in Glasgow, the Subway closed and no ScotRail services running anywhere in the country. Glasgow city centre streets are near deserted as residents take cover.
You can follow live updates on the wild weather with our dedicated blog. Winds of 87mph were recorded at the Glasgow weather observation site at Bishopton around 1pm.
Gusts of 90mph have been forecast for the city centre the same hour. The red weather warning is expected to remain in place until 5pm Friday, with forecasters warning of ‘very dangerous conditions’ and ‘lying debris resulting in danger to life’.
An amber warning for wind will remain in place until 9pm, before being replaced by a yellow warning for wind that will remain in place until 3pm Saturday. The Met Office has also issued a yellow warning for snow and ice from midnight to 11am Saturday. Forecasters expect wintry showers for Glasgow between 9pm on Friday and 8am on Saturday.
Maximum wind gusts will remain above 80mph for much of the afternoon, dropping below 70mph this evening and continuing to settle through the night, but remaining strong blustery into Saturday afternoon.
Hour-by-hour wind gust forecast for Glasgow city centre
Friday
- 1pm – 90mph
- 2pm – 84mph
- 3pm – 81mph
- 4pm – 77mph
- 5pm – 71mph
- 6pm – 66mph
- 7pm – 61mph
- 8pm – 58mph
- 9pm – 55mph
- 10pm – 52mph
- 11pm – 52mph
Saturday
- 12am – 50mph
- 1am – 48mph
- 2am – 47mph
- 3am – 45mph
- 4pm – 46mph
- 5pm – 45mph
- 6pm – 44mph
- 7pm – 44mph
- 8am – 43mph
- 9am – 41mph
- 10am – 38mph
- 11am – 34mph
- 12am – 31mph
- 1pm – 31mph
- 2pm – 28mph
- 3pm – 25mph
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A Met Office weather warning for snow and ice has been issued for Glasgow this weekend.
The yellow weather warning is expected to come into force at midnight tonight, and will be in place until 11am Saturday (January 25). Glasgow is expected to remain under a yellow weather warning for wind until 3pm Saturday following Storm Eowyn.
The Met Office says to expect icy stretches and some snow showers that will result in “some hazardous driving conditions.” According to the national forecaster, there will likely be transport disruption, icy patches on untreated roads, and some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.
Forecasters say snow will mainly be confined to high ground, above 200 metres, with between five and ten centimetres of snow accumulating. The Met Office is forecasting wintry showers for Glasgow between 9pm on Friday and 8am on Saturday.
Overnight lows will be around 2°C, but with a ‘feels like’ temperature of -4°C.
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