Video from the UK Met Office showing the path of Storm Eowyn

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00:00We're set to have some stormy weather to end the week. Storm Eowyn has been named and is

00:05heading towards us. The reason? Well, let's look at what's happening over in the US. Here

00:10we have some severe cold weather and this has led to quite a contrast in temperatures

00:16from north to south. And because of this contrast, the jet stream has strengthened. In its peak,

00:21it's around 250 miles per hour, so a very strong jet. And this then, this very strong

00:27jet is leading to an area of low pressure that is developing to the west of the Atlantic,

00:32but then as it pushes across the ocean, it's going to intensify, particularly as it crosses

00:37the jet stream as it heads towards the UK. It is going to deepen, so it is going to be a very

00:42deep area of low pressure, the centre around 950 hectopascals as it heads towards the UK.

00:49It's then going to push its way northeastwards. A little bit of uncertainty as to the exact

00:54track it takes, but nonetheless, we can expect some very strong winds. Very strong gusts initially

00:59around the Republic of Ireland, but then into parts of Northern Ireland and then for northern

01:03and western UK as well. Worth bearing in mind, around the actual low centre, we are going to

01:09see the winds dropping out for a little period of time, but both ahead of it with the winds coming

01:14from the south-southeast and then behind it with the winds coming from the west or even northwest,

01:20we are going to have some strong winds, particularly to the south of the low. This is

01:24where we're going to have the strongest winds and where we're most likely to see the significant

01:28impacts. It does push through as we go through Friday and then clears away towards the northeast

01:33as we head into the weekend, but even still, we are going to continue with some very strong winds

01:38across northeastern parts as we go through Saturday. Now, because of the very windy weather

01:43we can expect, we have already issued a number of yellow wind warnings. There's a large wind warning

01:49covering pretty much all of the UK. We're talking of gusts 50 to 60 miles per hour quite widely,

01:5460 to 70 around exposed areas, so high ground, coasts and around western parts of Scotland,

02:00we could see gusts of around 80 miles per hour perhaps. But it's in this area, parts of Northern

02:06Ireland, southern Scotland, northern England and northwest Wales where we're likely or we could see

02:12the greatest impacts. That's because they're here, there is the potential for gusts of around 80 to

02:1790 miles per hour along coastal areas. Now, with these kind of winds, there's the risk of damage to

02:23property, flying debris, trees could be blown down, power outages and severe travel disruption, so

02:28definitely worth staying up to date with the forecast. These warnings are likely to change as

02:33we get nearer to the event and there's the chance we may need to escalate them. Like I said, the

02:38winds do push their way northeastwards as we go into Saturday, so another wind warning has been

02:42issued for Saturday across Scotland and even this brings some very strong gusts, 60 to 80 miles per

02:48hour perhaps in some exposed spots. It's not just the wind, we need to bear in mind that there will

02:54be some wet weather and with this coming into some cold air that we have across the UK at the end of

02:59the week, some snow is quite likely. So, snow on the leading edge of the system as it pushes across

03:04parts of Northern Ireland, northern England, north Wales, but particularly into Scotland, some

03:09significant snow possible as we go through Friday morning. But quickly behind it, we have

03:13rain pushing through, so that should wash away most of the snow that does develop. Rainfall

03:18totals could be quite high in some places, perhaps 30 to 40 millimetres, but it all pushes through

03:22quite quickly, so shouldn't cause too many issues. It definitely is the wind that's the biggest cause

03:27for concern. And then as we go into Saturday, whilst it does stay windy towards the northeast,

03:32we see a lot of drier, calmer weather for many of us, though not totally dry. There will be some

03:38rain, even some snow over the higher ground for some. So, a calmer day on Saturday, but the calm

03:43weather doesn't last particularly long, because then our attention turns to another area of low

03:48pressure that is deepening as it heads towards the UK on Sunday. Now, this doesn't look like

03:52it will be quite as potent a feature as storm Eowyn that comes through as we go through Friday,

03:58but nonetheless, we can expect some strong winds and some heavy rain. The rainfall totals in

04:02association with this could be a bit more than we're expecting on Friday, and because it's coming

04:07so close after the wet and windy weather that we're seeing to end this week, we are likely to

04:12have some further impacts in association with this. Like I said, the warnings are going to be

04:17updated as we get nearer the time. Definitely worth staying on top of those, particularly

04:21if you're in those areas most likely to be affected by the storm, and make sure you share

04:25this information with anyone else who you think might be impacted. I'll see you again soon. Bye-bye.

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