Storm Aileen set to bring guests of up to 75mph

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings as high winds look set to batter parts of central and southern Scotland.

The first named storm of the season, Storm Aileen, is set to bring winds of up 75 miles per hour to parts of the UK this week.

Storm Aileen is the first storm to be named since this season’s names were released last week, as part of the scheme by the Met Office and Met Eireann to raise awareness of extreme weather in the UK and Ireland.

Weather forecasters expect very strong winds with gusts of 55 to 65mph to hit southern Scotland this morning. Gusts could reach up to 75mph in exposed places.

Met Office forecaster Frank Saunders said: “Storm Aileen is expected to bring strong winds of up to 75mph to a central segment of the UK.

“As well as the strong winds, there will be some heavy rain pushing eastwards overnight which could see accumulations of 30-40mm.

“The low-pressure system that is bringing these strong winds will move fairly swiftly from west to east over the UK and although there will still be some disruption through Wednesday morning, the winds will ease by the afternoon leaving a day of blustery showers.”