Storm Dave: Brace for Gusts, Snow, Power Cuts

0:00On April 2nd, Storm Dave is barreling toward the Northern UK, packing winds up to 90 miles per hour starting later Saturday into Easter Sunday. The Med Office has yellow warnings out for damaging gusts across Scotland, Northern Ireland, North Wales, and Northern England from Liverpool too. Newcastle. That hits from 6 p.m. Saturday until midday Sunday, with travel delays likely on roads, rails, flights, and ferries. Both west Scotland faces disruptive snow too, up to 5 to 10 cm above 200 meters, maybe even 10 to 20 in spots. Folks could see power cuts knocking out lights and phone signals so they're urging everyone in the path to secure their property now. This is the fourth name storm this year, named after a famously loud snorer. Forecasters say it'll deepen fast Saturday, bringing 60 to 70 mAh gusts, widely in the north, 80 to 90 on exposed Scottish. Plus blizzards over hills and heavy rain moving east.

1:00Meanwhile, southern UK stays breezy, but drier with sunny spells, Sunday and Monday. Strong southerlies my whip Ireland Saturday too, but up north, batten down and check updates to dodge the worst of Dave's fury.