An unusually deep area of low pressure for the time of year will bring strong winds and rain to Cornwall over the next couple of days.

The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for Thursday and Friday with gusts of up to 60 mph expected on the coasts.

The Met Office said that the country will continue to see showers through Wednesday, but on Thursday high winds and further rain have led to weather warnings being imposed.

In addition to some heavy rain, this low will bring with it a spell of relatively high winds. The windiest conditions will start to affect south Wales and southwest England Thursday late afternoon and evening before spreading across southern England Thursday night and early Friday.

The winds are expected to create a large swell with waves of up to 22feet on the north coast.

Inland, gusts up to 45 to 50 mph are expected at times whilst over coasts and hills gusts will reach as much as 55 to 60 mph. These high winds then slowly ease from the west later on Friday.

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Jonathan Fielding, managing director of Falmouth Boat Co. is encouraging boat owners to carry out checks before the coming storm: “Boat owners should check that their mooring is secure and that chafe protection for the mooring ropes is in place.

“They should also remove sails and sail covers, or at least make sure that they are safely stowed.

“Westerly winds are especially challenging to the Roseland area, but it’s a good idea for all boat owners in and around Falmouth to check their boats before and after the bad weather has passed.”

Met Office meteorologist Craig Snell said that a deep band of unseasonable low pressure will bring more wet and windy weather on Thursday and Friday, with some coastal areas likely to be hit with 60mph gusts.

Mr Snell said that the south-west of England and south Wales coast will see the strongest winds but inland there could still be gusts of 40-50mph which could cause some disruption.

He added: “We’re expecting in the South West and the south Wales coasts gusts reaching 60mph. Inland, potentially 40-50mph.

“This time of year, with the trees in full leaf, it could potentially bring some small branches down and because there’s a lot more outdoor furniture, we advise people that it is a bit vulnerable to strong winds and to tie it down.”

The heaviest rain will be in northern England, north Wales, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland, he added, with up to 70mm of rainfall on the high ground in Wales.

This month could be one of the wettest Mays on record, surpassing 1967, when 131.7mm of rain fell across the UK.

Mr Snell said that while it was too early to predict if May will break any records, it had already been a “wetter than average month”, with 70mm of rainfall in UK up to Monday.

He added: “We have had a wetter than average May, we can safely say that.

“It’s certainly going to end up being quite a wet month.”