North Wales in for blustery weekend with gales expected next week

Forecasters say that a band of heavy rain will reach Pembroke and Anglesey late this afternoon and spread into western counties

The Met Office Wales says it will become increasingly windy this weekend with speeds picking up as the weekend progresses

Wind and rain is on the cards for North Wales this afternoon.

Gusts of up to 47mph are set to buffet the western side of Anglesey and the Llyn Peninsula today.

At about 7.30am today highways staff removed a tree which had fallen down on the B5109 between Beaumaris and Pentraeth on Anglesey.

It is not yet clear if the wind blew it over.

A Met Office spokesman today said: “It will be bright, breezy and dry for most and rather windy in the northwest.

“It’ll cloud over in the afternoon.”

Forecasters say that a band of heavy rain will reach Pembroke and Anglesey late this afternoon and spread into western counties.

The maximum temperature will be 20 degrees Celsius.

Tonight the wind and rain will continue to sweep eastwards during the night, affecting the whole of Wales by midnight.

It will soon clear in the west, leaving breezy mild air.

The minimum temperature will be eleven degrees Celsius.

Tomorrow will be a day of sunshine and rather blustery and perhaps thundery showers.

It will feel significantly cooler than today with a maximum temperature of 17C.

On Monday it will be mostly dry and cool with sunny intervals, and the odd shower.

But gales will batter coasts on Tuesday and Wednesday with rain at times.