Preston residents are readying themselves for two storms that will strike much of the UK over the next three days.
As Storm Dudley approaches, the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for strong winds across Lancashire today (Wednesday 16 February) and tomorrow (Thursday 17 February).
Read more: Met Office warning issued for strong winds across Preston and Lancashire from Wednesday
Here is an hour-by-hour forecast for the city over the next three days:
Wednesday 16 February
11am – Cloudy, 20 per cent chance of rain and 11 degrees, with wind speeds reaching 37mph.
12 noon – Chance of rain increases to 60 per cent, but other conditions will remain the same.
1pm – Chance of rain will pick up to 90 per cent, with wind speeds of 45mph.
2pm – Wind will increase to 46mph, with rain highly likely across Preston as humidity rises to 92 per cent.
3pm – Rain conditions will remain the same, but wind speeds will increase to 50mph, and humidity will rise a further one per cent to 93.
4pm – Temperatures will drop to 10 degrees, but the wind will remain in the high forties.
5pm – Poor weather conditions will subside a little, with a splash of sunshine expected, but the wind will remain in the high forties.
6pm – Clouds will replace the sunshine, but other conditions will stay the same.
7pm – Humidity will drop to 70 per cent, but the wind will pick up to 50 mph, and other conditions will stay the same.
8pm – Conditions will stay the same.
9pm – Conditions will stay the same, with wind speed remaining in the high forties and low fifties.
10pm – The wind will drop slightly to 46 mph, with other conditions remaining the same.
11pm – Conditions will remain the same.
12 midnight – The wind will drop to 44mph, but other conditions will remain the same.
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Thursday 17 February
1am – Humidity will drop to 74 per cent, and the wind will drop to 42mph, with clouds overhead.
2am – Conditions will remain the same, but humidity will fall to 70 per cent.
3am – Wind speed will rise slightly, with other conditions remaining the same.
4am – Wind speed will rise to 45mph, but other conditions will remain.
5am – Conditions will remain the same.
6am – Wind speed will start to drop, with humidity levelling out at 70 per cent.
7am – Conditions will remain the same.
8am – Sunshine is expected, with wind speed dropping to 5 per cent and the chance of rain to 5 per cent.
9am – Slightly cloudy, with other conditions remaining the same.
10am – Humidity will drop to 66 per cent, but other conditions will stay the same.
11am – The sun is likely to make an appearance, but other conditions will remain the same.
12 noon – Cloudy, with the wind speed continuing to drop to 35mph.
1pm – The wind will drop further to 31mph and continue falling for the remainder of the day and evening.
2pm – Cloudy, with a 29mph wind speed.
3pm – Dark clouds, with a 20 per cent chance of rain. Humidity will rise to 70 per cent.
4pm – Humidity will continue to rise, with other conditions remaining the same.
5pm – A 50 per cent chance of rain, but wind speed will drop to 24 mph.
6pm – The rain is expected to stop, but humidity will rise to 81 per cent.
7pm – Conditions will remain the same.
8pm – Dark clouds, but other conditions will remain.
9pm – Conditions will remain the same.
10pm – Wind speed will drop to 15mph.
11pm – Conditions will remain the same.
12 midnight – A 30 per cent chance of rain, with wind speeds starting to pick up.
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Friday 18 February (Amber warning in effect)
3am – A 90 per cent chance of rain, with wind speeds rising to 29mph and humidity to 90 per cent.
6am – Conditions will remain poor, with wind speeds rising to 30mph.
9am – The wind speed will rise dramatically to 43mph, with an 8 per cent chance of rain.
12 noon – Winds will reach 50 mph, with a 90 per cent chance of rain.
3pm – The wind speed will rise further to 55mph, with rain expected.
6pm – Conditions should improve, with the chance of rain falling to 30 per cent and wind speeds dropping to 40mph.
9pm – Conditions will remain.
12 midnight – Wind speed will drop to 38mph.
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