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Two weather warnings are in place for strong winds in Reading. Credit: getreading

By Brett Gibbons

The stormy spell is being fired up by a strengthening jet stream which is driving unsettled conditions and a deluge of heavy downpours from the Atlantic towards blustery Britain.

Another area of low pressure will move in on Thursday, September 20 with strong winds forecast for Berkshire.

A yellow warning for strong winds has been issued for much of England and eastern Wales, Bracknell, Wokingham and Reading, Berkshire, for Thursday night and Friday morning.


The strongest of the winds will be over the southern England and Wales during late afternoon and early evening with gusts of 55-60mph over exposed areas.

As the evening progresses the high winds will transfer eastwards to affect south-east England with 60 mph gusts possible again.

It is forecast to be much drier and less windy in Reading during Friday. Low pressure will bring some very wet and windy weather across much of England and Wales during Thursday night. Credit: The Weather Channel

A spokeswoman for The Weather Channel said: “It will be a very wet few days ahead with 60-90mm of rain expected across much of southern Ireland, Wales and into central and northern England. Up to 90-110mm of rain is expected across Wales and the high ground of England.”

But another wet and windy is likely for many on Sunday, with the risk of gales in the north and northwest. There is potential for Sunday’s bad weather to be named Storm Bronagh.

Weather warning for Sunday

The Met Office has issued another yellow weather warning for wind, which covers a large area of England and Wales including Reading and Berkshire from 9am on Sunday, September 23 to 9am on Monday morning.

Forecasters say this period of wild weather will be remnants of a system linked to Hurricane Florence which claimed more than 30 lives in the USA last week.

In between spells of rain there will be some pleasant sunshine and these more settled spells may become more dominant with time.

Temperatures will be close to normal for much of the country but it could feel quite warm in the south-east during any sunny spells. Berkshire on alert as gales and heavy downpours on the way
