Your full Met Office weather forecast as Storm Austen set to hit Sunderland this weekend
The first named storm of the season is set to hit Sunderland
Heavy rain and winds in excess of 60mph are forecast as Sunderland is set to be hit by Storm Austen across the weekend.
With the first official Met Office storm of the season set to arrive this weekend, the nation is getting set to baton down the hatches as Austen sweeps across the country.
Check out the Met Office forecast for Sunderland for the next three days.
Friday looks set to be a wet day with a greater than 95% chance of heavy rain between 6am and 9am, reducing to a 70% to 90% probability up to 1pm.
A 60% to 70% chance of light rain is then forecast throughout the rest of the day. It will be a blustery day with north westerly winds gusting up to 42mph. Temperatures are forecast to rise to 12 degrees Celsius.
Saturday will start dry, with light rain forecast to start at around 10am, turning to a greater than 95% chance of heavy rain throughout the afternoon, before returning to light rain rain by evening. It will be another windy day with south westerly winds gusting up to 49mph. Temperatures will rise to 12 degrees Celsius.
Sunday is forecast to the windiest day of the weekend with westerly winds currently forecast to reach 62mph. Sunny spells and light rain showers are forecast throughout the morning before becoming predominantly dry in the afternoon. The current forecast for the 4.30pm kick off in the game between Sunderland AFC and Leeds United is for sunny spells, a 40% chance of rain, and a maximum windspeed of 48mph. Temperatures are forecast to rise to 10 degrees Celsius.
This is the current Met Office forecast and is obviously subject to change.