Warning to road users from The Highways Agency about strong winds
WINTER: Icy blast.
THE Highways Agency is advising road users, particularly those driving high-sided vehicles and motorcycles or towing caravans, to be prepared for strong winds tomorrow.
It has issued an amber alert for motorways and major A-roads in its North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West, East/South East, East Midlands and West Midlands regions.
Met Office forecasters based in the Agency’s National Traffic Operations Centre are predicting a strong westerly wind on Wednesday 30 January, with gusts of up to 65 mph. As this will be a cross-wind on many major routes, it could cause problems for drivers of vulnerable vehicles such as motorcycles and high-sided vehicles or those towing caravans.
The Agency’s amber alert is in place from 11am to 6pm tomorrow.
Steve Crosthwaite, head of the Agency’s National Traffic Operations Centre said:
“We advise road users to plan their journeys, check road conditions and weather forecasts before travelling and to allow extra time to complete their journeys.
“We are advising motorcyclists, drivers of high sided vehicles and people towing caravans to avoid certain routes if possible, as there is a strong risk of being blown over in these locations.
“Our traffic officers are constantly monitoring the network and are ready to respond to any incidents.”
Up-to-date information on road conditions on England’s motorways and trunk roads is available on the Highways Agency website http://www.highways.gov.uk/traffic or by calling the Highways Agency Information Line on 0300 123 5000.
Traffic information is available on Twitter by following one of eight regional channels – http://bit.ly/HAtwir.
The Highways Agency is advising drivers of vulnerable vehicles to avoid the following locations if possible:
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
M1 J32 M18 interchange
M1 J34 Tinsley Viaduct/Rotherham
M1 J39-J40 Crigglestone to Dewsbury
A628 Woodhead Pass
M62 J23-J25 Huddersfield to Brighouse
M62 J31-J32 Aughton to Pontefract
M62 J35a-J36 Rawcliffe Bridge, M18 interchange to J36 Goole
M62 J36-J37 River Ouse / Ouse Bridge
A1(M) J47-J49 between A59 Knaresborough and A168 Dishforth
A1(M) J58-J65 between A1 and Washington at J65
A66 between M6 J40 and A1(M) J60
A19 Hylton Bridge over River Wear
A19 Tees Viaduct
A19 Leven Viaduct
A69 – whole route
Humber Bridge
North West
M53 J1-J2 Wallasey to Birkenhead
M56 J12 Runcorn and Sutton Weaver
M58 J1 Kirkby
M6 J20-J21 Thelwall Viaduct
M6 J26-J27 M58 to Standish
M6 J36-J44 Through Cumbria
M60 J10-J12 Barton Bridge through to M62
M60 J16-J17 Pendlebury and Kersley to Prestwich and Whitefield
M62 J18 - J27 Between Manchester and Leeds
M61 J4-J5 J5 Westhoughton
M61 J9 / M65 J1 Interchange
A56 Between M65 and A680 at Edenfield
M65 J3-J4 Withnell and Blackburn Interchange
A66 between M6 J40 and A1(M) J60
M6 Carlisle - Moss Band Viaduct
A69 – whole route
East/South East
A14 Orwell Bridge - near Ipswich
A282 QE2 Bridge / Dartford Bridge
East Midlands
M1 J22-J23 Leicester North to Loughborough
West Midlands
M50 J1-J2 Queenhill, Tewkesbury to Ledbury
M5 J1-J2 West Bromwich to Dudley
M5 J4-J5 Kidderminster to Redditch
M5 J7-J8 Worcester to J8 - M50; Strensham Services
M6 J6-J8 Spaghetti Junction to Friar Park (M5)
M6 J15-J16 Keele Services; immediately south of J16 - Audley
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Weather for Goole
Sunday 26 May 2013
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 6 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Light showers
Temperature: 8 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: South
