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.