The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for England and south Wales, with 55mph gusts forecast, while thunderstorm alerts are in place for Scotland and Northern Ireland
With alerts in place, the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed, in West Sussex, has shut due to a"serious risk" from"forecasted high winds".Read more:
A spokesperson for the festival, which regularly attracts up to 100,000 people a day, said:"On-site safety is our highest priority and the forecasted high winds will pose a serious risk to various temporary structures across the site.The event will resume as planned on Sunday.Meanwhile, Wimbledon organisers announced on Twitter that they have closed the ticket queue due to the yellow weather warning.
Rain has also halted play at the Vitality Blast T20 semi-final between Hampshire and Essex at Edgbaston in Birmingham.In Dorset, the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, a popular union event, has been cut short due to"extreme adverse weather conditions". "In the interests of clarity, even though the weather is set to improve tomorrow, the rest of the festival will not be going ahead due to the logistical demands of safely resetting the site," a spokesperson said.Fans in the stands get caught in rain shower before the pre-season friendly match in GatesheadTom Morgan, meteorologist at the Met Office, said:"For the middle part of July we're seeing quite unseasonably unsettled weather.
"We've got quite strong winds today across southern areas where we will potentially see gusts as high as 55mph bringing some minor disruption and damage to trees, for example, particularly in south Wales and southern parts of England.
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