Hour-by-hour forecast as gusts of winds expected to top 45mph as Storm Bella hits Hartlepool

The weather warning comes into force at 3pm on Saturday, December 26, until 12pm on Sunday, 27, as Storm Bella hits most of England and Wales.

Forecasters estimate that gusts of wind could hit 49mph in the town with heavy rain expected late on Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday morning.

A spokesman for the Met Office said: “The strong south-westerly winds will develop across parts of northern England and the far south of Scotland on Saturday afternoon, before transferring south-eastwards across the rest of England and Wales into Sunday morning, clearing by early Sunday afternoon.”

It follows calm conditions and sunshine for much of the North East on Christmas Day.

In Hartlepool the rain is expected to hold off apart from heavy showers forecast overnight and strong winds are expected to ease with sunny spells forecast throughout Sunday.

Deputy Chief Meteorologist Tony Wardle, said: “Very strong winds will impact much of England and Wales, with particularly strong gusts on south west facing coasts.

“Heavy rain will also move in from the north, with heavy downpours through the afternoon in Scotland and Northern Ireland moving south across England and Wales overnight.”

Here’s an hour by hour forecast throughout the weather warning (temperature, conditions, wind gust speed):

Saturday, December 26:

1pm: 7C, cloudy, 30mph

2pm: 7C, 30% chance of light rain, 33mph

3pm: 7C, cloudy, 38mph

4pm: 7C, cloudy, 43mph

5pm: 7C, cloudy, 39mph

6pm: 7C, cloudy, 43mph

7pm: 7C, cloudy, 45mph

8pm: 7C, 40% chance of light rain, 48mph

9pm: 4C, 50% chance of light rain, 49mph

10pm: 6C, 50% chance of light rain, 45mph

11pm: 7C, 90% chance of heavy rain, 40mph

Sunday, December 27:

12am: 7C, heavy rain, 39mph

1am: 7C, 90% chance of heavy rain, 34mph

2am: 6C, 90% chance of light rain, 32mph

3am: 6C, 60% chance of light rain, 26mph

4am: 5C, 40% chance of light rain , 26mph

5am: 4C, clear, 27mph

6am: 3C, clear, 25mph

7am: 2C, clear, 23mph

8am: 2, clear, 26mph

9am and 10am: 2C, sunny, 22mph

11am: 3C, sunny, 24mph

12pm: 4C, sunny intervals, 22mph

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