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Weather warnings for Edinburgh
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3 active warnings: Amber Wind Warning until Sun 9:00 pm Yellow Wind Warning until Sun 9:00 pm; Yellow Wind Warning until Tue 11:59 pm
Official weather warnings, watches and advisories for Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, updated every few minutes, plus severe weather flags from the 48-hour forecast.
- Active warnings
- 3 MeteoAlarm CAP warnings
- Watches / advisories
- 0
- Next alert ends
- Sun 9:00 pm Amber Wind Warning
- Max gust next 48 h
- 82 km/h Sun 6:00 pm
- Rain next 48 h
- 4 mm
- Temperature range
- 8 to 16°C
- Forecast flags
- 1 GodsView, not official
Weather warnings for Edinburgh now
3 official alerts cover Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom right now: 3 warnings and 0 watches or advisories.
Amber Wind Warning (Amber) until Sun 9:00 pm. The strongest winds from Storm Boelo are expected from Saturday evening, extending eastwards through Sunday. : UPDATED. Information on update: Warning extended further south across northern England, and Northern Ireland removed due to differing timings. . Very strong westerly winds associated with Storm Boelo are...
Yellow Wind Warning (Yellow) until Sun 9:00 pm. Storm Boelo will bring a very windy and wet spell this weekend with some disruption likely across parts of northern UK. : UPDATED. Information on update: Warning extended further south across northern England and into north Wales. . Strong winds will spread across northern parts of the UK during Saturday afternoon,...
Yellow Wind Warning (Yellow) until Tue 11:59 pm. It starts Tue 3:00 am. A period of strong winds may lead to damaging gusts and transport disruption.. Strong west to southwesterly winds are expected to spread across much of Scotland, the north of Northern Ireland and northern England on Tuesday. Gusts of 50-60 mph are possible quite widely and some coastal or exposed areas could see gusts...
| Alert | Level | Area | From | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Wind Warning | Amber | Central, Tayside & Fife | Grampian | Highlands & Eilean Siar | North East England | North... | Sat 9:00 pm | Sun 9:00 pm |
| Yellow Wind Warning | Yellow | Central, Tayside & Fife | East Midlands | Grampian | Highlands & Eilean Siar | North East... | Sat 12:00 pm | Sun 9:00 pm |
| Yellow Wind Warning | Yellow | Central, Tayside & Fife | Grampian | Highlands & Eilean Siar | North East England | North... | Tue 3:00 am | Tue 11:59 pm |
Times are local (Europe/London). Source: Met Office via © EUMETNET MeteoAlarm (CC BY 4.0).
GodsView forecast flags (not an official warning)
The forecast model flags 1 hazard for Edinburgh in the next 48 hours: strong wind gusts up to 82 km/h (Sun 6:00 pm).
Expect temperatures between 8 and 16°C, 4 mm of precipitation and gusts peaking near 82 km/h.
- Strong wind gusts up to 82 km/h Sun 6:00 pm
Thresholds: gusts 70+ km/h (90+ damaging), 50+ mm rain in 24 h or 10+ mm in an hour, 10+ cm snow in 24 h, thunderstorm and freezing-rain weather codes, 35°C+ heat, -25°C or wind chill -30°C. Open-Meteo model forecast; official warnings take precedence.
Weather warnings near Edinburgh
Status of nearby cities from our 6-minute-old snapshot of the same official feeds.
| City | Distance | Active alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkcaldy | 18 km | 3: Amber Wind Warning |
| Dunfermline | 21 km | 3: Amber Wind Warning |
| Livingston | 21 km | 3: Amber Wind Warning |
| Cumbernauld | 49 km | 3: Amber Wind Warning |
| Perth, Scotland | 51 km | 3: Amber Wind Warning |
| Hamilton, Scotland | 56 km | 3: Amber Wind Warning |
| Meikle Earnock | 57 km | 3: Amber Wind Warning |
| Dundee | 59 km | 3: Amber Wind Warning |
Warning, watch or advisory: what the levels mean
European services use colours: Yellow means be aware (potentially dangerous weather, but not unusual), Amber/Orange means be prepared (dangerous, unusual weather with likely damage or disruption) and Red means take action (very dangerous, exceptionally intense weather).
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Data: Met Office, © EUMETNET MeteoAlarm (CC BY 4.0), Open-Meteo forecast.