A yellow weather warning has been put in place from this evening (August 20) until Thursday for severe gales, coastal overtopping and harbour flooding.
The overnight period from this evening into Thursday will see gale or severe gale force southerly winds developing, with gusts of around 55 mph for a time, before easing late morning.
Whilst relatively normal for winter, these wind strengths in summer are more unusual, so precautions are advised for sensitive places, e.g. campsites.
Weather Warning
The Met Office has also warned of large spring tides that are likely to result in coastal overtopping for the rest of the week around the time of high tide at susceptible locations.
This will be most pronounced at the high tide early Thursday morning (approx. 1:39am), the waves and debris then will mean that driving and parking in exposed coastal areas is not advised for a time, for the likes of the north of Douglas promenade.
Some harbour flooding is also possible, but this will be advised if necessary closer to the time, as will further updates to other aspects of this warning.
The weather warning comes into place from 11pm this evening until 3pm on August 22.
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