The Met Office has issued an amber warning for strong winds ahead of Storm Boelo, covering most of Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and the far north of England, forecasters said on Saturday. The warning runs from 9pm on Saturday, October 24 until 9pm on Sunday, October 25, with widespread gusts of 60-70mph expected and up to 80mph in exposed coastal areas; the strongest winds are expected to hit western Scotland and the north of Northern Ireland first, before spreading eastwards overnight and through Sunday.
Source: Met Office via Thames Compass, Oct 24, 2026
The amber warning sits within wider yellow warnings. A yellow wind warning is in force from 12pm on Saturday until 9pm on Sunday across northern parts of the UK, and a separate yellow rain warning covered much of Wales and parts of England from 11am to 11pm on Saturday, with 25-30mm of rain expected widely and 50-60mm possible on upland areas. The Met Office said people in the warning areas should expect possible injuries and danger to life from flying debris, possible damage to buildings and trees, disruption to road, rail, air and ferry services with longer journeys and cancellations, possible road and bridge closures, and power cuts that could also affect mobile phone coverage. Large waves and beach material thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties were also a risk, the Met Office said.
Source: Met Office via HelloRayo / Cool FM, Oct 24, 2026
Boelo is the second named storm of the season in a few days. Storm Austen, the first named storm, moved towards the Low Countries on Friday, October 23, with gusts of 76mph recorded at St Mary's airport in the Isles of Scilly, 74mph at Aberporth in south Wales and 71mph at Culdrose in Cornwall, according to the Met Office figures reported on Saturday. National Grid engineers had restored power to more than 60,000 homes since Storm Austen began, the Oldham Times reported, and Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said Boelo would affect the north of the UK, in contrast to Austen's impact on the far south, northern France and the Channel Islands.
Source: Oldham Times, Oct 24, 2026
The Met Office advised households in the affected areas to prepare for possible power cuts by gathering torches and batteries and a mobile phone power pack, and warned people near the coast to beware of large waves. The outlook for Sunday to Tuesday is for strong winds to continue in northern regions on Sunday, with Boelo clearing Scotland later but conditions staying unsettled, forecasters said. No casualties from Boelo had been reported at the time of the warnings.