Storm Malik public briefing.
With the Met Office upgrading its weather warning of strong winds to Amber, we are encouraging residents and businesses to be prepared for the worsening conditions which we can expect from around 7am-3pm tomorrow (Sat, Jan 29).
An area of very strong west or northwest winds will cross Scotland on Saturday morning in association with Storm Malik before easing during the afternoon.
The strongest winds are expected in the east of Scotland later in the morning with gusts of widely 50-60mph likely with a short period of gusts in excess of 75 mph, particularly for Moray, north Aberdeenshire as well as the Lothians.
These winds have the potential to cause power cuts, loss of mobile phone signal, damage to buildings, injury to persons, fallen trees and travel disruption.
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