Met Office forecast has predicted strong winds and heavy rain across regions in North Wales as the UK braces for the effects of Storm Ian. 

Heavy rain and 60mph winds are set to batter parts of the UK amid the fallout from a huge storm in the US.

Storm Ian has caused heavy flooding and over 2.5 million people across Florida to be without power on Thursday morning, as the tropical storm hit the state.

A boat carrying Cuban migrants sank on Wednesday in stormy weather east of Key West, with the US coastguard initiating a search-and-rescue mission.

Despite being thousands of miles away, the hurricane will have a knock-on effect on the UK’s weather.

Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Chris Almond said: “This will bring a much wetter and windier spell than we’ve seen so far this autumn, but nothing that is unusual for the time of year.

“The fast-moving system will bring strong gale force winds, locally in excess of 60mph, and heavy rain into the north-west before pushing quickly south-east through the day.

“We could see some minor impacts, such as surface water flooding or minor wind damage, as well as some short-lived impacts on ferry crossings, especially in exposed areas of western Scotland and eastern areas of Northern Ireland.

“Later in the day, parts of south-east England could experience winds of around 55mph, which may impact the English Channel too.”

The Met Office have issued yellow warnings for wind and rain for parts of Scotland ahead of a spell of wet and windy weather that will sweep across the country.

Across Wales the whether is predicted to be cloudy with heavy rain quickly arriving during the morning, bringing tricky driving conditions.

This accompanied by strong, blustery winds and a risk of coastal gales with Rain clearing from late afternoon and maximum temperature 16 °C.

Here are the Weather predictions across North Wales:

Conwy: Cloudy changing to heavy rain by lunchtime. Highs of 16°C. and lows of 13 °C. Wind of upto 55mph. 

Holyhead:  Cloudy changing to heavy rain by late morning. Highs of 16°C. and lows of 13 °C. Wind of upto 57mph. 

Mold: Cloudy changing to heavy rain by late morning. Highs of 15°C. and lows of 11 °C. Wind of upto 42mph. 

Llandudno: Cloudy changing to heavy rain by lunchtime. Highs of 16°C. and lows of 13 °C. Wind of upto 53mph. 

Rhyl: Cloudy changing to heavy rain by lunchtime. Highs of 16°C. and lows of 11 °C. Wind of upto 40mph. 

Wrexham: Cloudy changing to heavy rain by late morning. Highs of 15°C. and lows of 10 °C. Wind of upto 38mph. 

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