Met Office warning for strong wind and rain across Wales

Wind gusts of as much as 75mph (120km/h) may trigger disruption throughout Wales on New 12 months’s Day, forecasters have warned.

The Met Workplace has introduced a yellow climate warning for “very robust winds” on Wednesday, together with a separate alert for heavy rain.

As much as 40mm (1.6in) is anticipated pretty extensively, with as much as 80mm (3.2in) throughout hills, it mentioned.

Gusts of as much as 65mph (105km/h) are doubtless round coasts and hills, with 60mph (100km/h) gusts doubtless pretty extensively inland.

The rain warning is in place between 08:00 GMT on Tuesday and 18:00 on Wednesday and covers Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen and Wrexham.

The wind warning is from 07:00 till the tip of the day on Wednesday and covers Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.