Leeds is set to be battered by high winds AGAIN as Storm Barra hits the UK this week.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning across much of the nation. The weather service has warned people to expect transport delays and travel disruption
Storm Barra is set to make landfall tomorrow, bringing strong winds and rain to Leeds.
There’s also a chance of snow across the north of England and Scotland – though Leeds isn’t likely to get much more than a flurry of sleet in the afternoon on Tuesday.
Gusts of up to 39mph are due to hit the city by the middle of the afternoon, with heavy rain forecast to set in from 5pm until 7pm.
Storm Barra is the second named storm of the season and comes just over a week since Storm Arwen dumped snow right across the north. The Met Office has also warned that ‘some short-term loss of power is possible’.
Frank Saunders, chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “Strong winds arriving across the west through Tuesday morning, will spread inland and reach eastern areas through the afternoon and early evening.
“Gusts of 45-50 mph are expected widely, with 60-70 mph in exposed coastal locations. “The strongest winds will ease across inland areas into the overnight period.”
Deputy chief meteorologist Brent Walker said: “A band of rain will turn to snow across northern England and Scotland through Tuesday.
“Two to five cm of snow is expected to accumulate quite widely across the warning area, but locally this could reach ten cm, particularly in parts of the Southern Uplands and Highlands.”
