THE Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning for parts of Scotland this week, with forecasters calling it a "winter weather bomb".
The forecaster has issued a warning for the west coast as well as large parts of the Highlands, Orkney, and the Western Isles.
A warning for wind will be in place from 12am on Friday, January 24 until 12pm on Saturday.
The 36-hour warning also covers a large part of Norther Ireland.
The Met Office said: "A deep area of low pressure is expected to pass close to or across the northwest of the UK on Friday and Saturday.
"It will bring a spell of very strong south easterly to south-westerly winds with gusts reaching 50-60 mph inland and 70-80 mph along coasts (and perhaps higher than this in a few locations).
"The wind strength will gradually ease through Saturday from the south."
It said to expect the following:
- A chance of damage to some buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs
- Some delays to public transport are likely and there is a “small chance” of “significant delays or even cancellations to services including ferry and air” while some roads and bridges may also need to close
- A “small chance injuries and danger to life could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties”
- A chance of isolated, short-term loss of power
Regions and local authorities affected by the yellow weather warning:
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
- Grampian
- Moray
Highlands and Eilean Siar
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Highland
Orkney and Shetland
- Orkney Islands
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
