The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Region could avoid worst as Storm Callum closes in
Tayside and Fife could avoid the worst of Storm Callum, which is predicted to batter much of Scotland with 80mph winds and torrential rain in the coming days.
Widespread travel disruption and flooding is predicted across the country as conditions deteriorate from today into tomorrow morning, with a series of Met Office weather warnings in force.
A Met Office yellow warning for wind comes into place across much of the west coast between 3am and midnight tomorrow – with a section of western Perthshire falling within the danger zone.
Storm Callum, which was named yesterday, will also bring with it a downpour of rain on Saturday which could cause flooding across the area.
However forecasters say Tayside and Fife may well dodge the worst of the windy conditions tomorrow.
Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst said: “Storm Callum is coming from the middle of the Atlantic. It is developing through the course of Wednesday night and Thursday and working its way slowly towards us over the next 48 hours.
“It is going to be a big change to the nice weather we had on Wednesday. We’re likely to see the effects of Storm Callum coming in from Friday morning.”
He said western Scotland will be the worst hit tomorrow, adding: “The rainfall aspect is likely across the whole of Scotland. Wind will be very strong.”
However Mr Dewhurst said Tayside and Fife residents are “not going to escape fully”, adding: “People will be waking up for work or school and it is going to be a cloudy, wet start to the morning. It is quite a wet and windy day on Friday itself with outbreaks of rain.
“We could see rainfall totals building up quite a lot, 40-50mm (1.6-2in) over higher ground.
“The main concern we are worried about for the area is the amount of rainfall throughout Saturday itself.”
People will be waking up for work or school and it is going to be a cloudy, wet start to the morning