Several weather alerts have been issued by the Met Office
Storm Floris is set to hit Greater Manchester over the next days, bringing a spell of unseasonably strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK.
Named by the Met Office on Friday, August 1, Storm Floris is set to hit the northern half of the UK in the early morning of Monday, August 4.
As the storm hits on Monday, the Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings of wind for the north of England and Northern Ireland. An amber weather warning has also been put in place for a large majority of Scotland.
The yellow weather warning, issued by the Met Office, will come into force at 6 am tomorrow before an amber warning comes into play at 10 am. Both warnings will stay in place throughout Monday.
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Storm Floris is the sixth named storm of the 2024/2025 storm naming season and is expected to bring strong winds, particularly across Monday afternoon.
Across warning areas, many inland areas could see high wind speeds and gusts, particularly around the coast and for those on high ground.
Heavy rain is also expected for many parts of the UK on Monday, with parts of Greater Manchester expected to see a 95 % chance of rain over the course of the day.
Issuing a statement on the storm, the Met Office said: “Storm Floris will bring a spell of unusually windy weather for the time of year across the northern half of the UK on Monday.
“The highest winds are expected across Scotland between late morning and early evening. In some areas high winds will be accompanied by heavy rain. Wind will then slowly start to ease from the west later.”
Here is the hour-by-hour forecast for each Greater Manchester borough for Monday
Manchester
- 6 am : 70 % chance of rain, 6 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 80 % chance of rain, 7 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 9 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 11 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 95% chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 80% chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 40 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
Salford
- 6 am : 60 % chance of rain, 6 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 70 % chance of rain, 7 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 9 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 11 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 95% chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 70% chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 5 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
Stockport
- 6 am : 60 % chance of rain, 7 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 70 % chance of rain, 8 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 11 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 95% chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 70% chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 40 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 5 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 10 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 10 mph wind speed
Trafford
- 6 am : 70 % chance of rain, 6 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 80 % chance of rain, 7 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 9 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 11 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 95% chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 80% chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 40 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 5 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
Tameside
- 6 am : 60 % chance of rain, 7 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 70 % chance of rain, 8 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 10 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 95% chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 70% chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 40 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 11 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 11 mph wind speed
Bolton
- 6 am : 70 % chance of rain, 6 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 70 % chance of rain, 8 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 10 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 11 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 95% chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 70% chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 40 % chance of rain, 20 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 21 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 20 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
Oldham
- 6 am : 70 % chance of rain, 8 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 80 % chance of rain, 10 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 95% chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 80% chance of rain, 20 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 50 % chance of rain, 21 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 21 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 20 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
Bury
- 6 am : 70 % chance of rain, 6 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 70 % chance of rain, 7 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 9 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 11 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 95% chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 80% chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 50 % chance of rain, 20 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 21 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 20 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 40 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
Rochdale
- 6 am : 70 % chance of rain, 7 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 80 % chance of rain, 9 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 11 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 95% chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 70% chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 40 % chance of rain, 20 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 20 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 20 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 17 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 15 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 40 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
Wigan
- 6 am : 70 % chance of rain, 7 mph wind speed
- 7 am : 70 % chance of rain, 8 mph wind speed
- 8 am : 80 % chance of rain, 10 mph wind speed
- 9 am : 95 % chance of rain, 12 mph wind speed
- 10 am : 95 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 11 am : 95 % chance of rain, 13 mph wind speed
- 12 pm : 90% chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 1 pm : 90% chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 2 pm : 50% chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 3 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 4 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 5 pm : 5 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 6 pm : 5 % chance of rain, 19 mph wind speed
- 7 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 18 mph wind speed
- 8 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 16 mph wind speed
- 9 pm : 10 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 10 pm : 20 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
- 11 pm : 30 % chance of rain, 14 mph wind speed
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