Glasgow weather live updates: Travel disruption as Storm Jocelyn set to hit Glasgow with heavy rain and winds

A swathe of Clydebank was plunged into darkness this evening after a power cut due to storm damage to the network. Engineers were able to respond and restore power tonight.

Glasgow can expect intermittent rain this evening followed by sustained downpours between 11pm tonight and 3am.

Wind gusts of between 44 and 47 mph should be expected tonight, peaking at 56 mph around 2am tomorrow morning. High winds will continue to around late afternoon tomorrow with drier and calmer weather in the evening.

The latest forecast from the Met Office says Glasgow can expect the following weather conditions.

This Evening and Tonight:

Clear intervals and occasional blustery showers. Strong to gale force southwesterly winds veering westerly tonight. The gales becoming severe in the early hours, perhaps storm force towards the west coast. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Wednesday:

A mostly bright day with sunny intervals and showers, these showers more frequent in Argyll. Strong to gale force westerly winds, severe at first, easing through the day. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

The rail network in Scotland is now closed. ScotRail expect the first trains to start returning to service late morning tomorrow, Wednesday 24 January. 60mph winds are expected overnight and the rail network is still repairing damage from Storm Isha.

There is a yellow warning in place for flooding in and around Glasgow as heavy rain continues. Flood alerts are in place Callander to Stirling and between Ayr and Troon.

Martin Thomson, National Operations Manager for Resilience at Transport Scotland said: “The trunk road network is recovering well from the worst impacts of Storm Isha. Some roads and bridges do remain disrupted and so please continue to check before you travel until conditions improve and the clear-up is complete.

“Focus will soon shift to the next named storm, Jocelyn, for later this week, and preparations are already underway with rail, aviation and ferries colleagues to ensure we are as ready as we can be."

Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Steve Willington, said: “Although this system will be a step down relative to Storm Isha, with the damage and clean up still underway, we could potentially see more impacts from Storm Jocelyn.

“Outbreaks of heavy rain on Tuesday could bring rainfall accumulations of 15 to 20 mm quite widely with 40 to 50 mm over higher ground in southwest Scotland, the Scottish Highlands and parts of northwest England. Wind gusts are expected to reach 55 to 65 mph across northwestern Scotland while there is potential for winds to gust to 75 to 80 mph in a few places, in particular exposed parts of the Western Isles and coastal northwest Scotland early on Wednesday morning.”