00:00 Storm Agnes was named by the Met Office on Monday morning, a powerful storm arriving on Wednesday and lasting through Wednesday night and into Thursday.
00:08 The view from space doesn't show much close by to the UK at this stage, but the storm is actually this little blob of cloud way out in the Atlantic.
00:18 Not really intensifying too much over the next day or so, but it's really as it heads towards the mid Atlantic and starts to interact with what's going on high up in the atmosphere.
00:29 The jet stream that storm Agnes will really start to intensify during the course of Tuesday.
00:34 So as it actually crosses this powerful jet stream during Tuesday morning, it will start to intensify.
00:41 So the ice bars popping out of it at this stage, driven along by the active jet stream.
00:46 So it really intensifies as we head through Tuesday night and Wednesday as it approaches the Republic of Ireland.
00:52 So probably at its most intense first thing on Wednesday morning, but it's then going to cross northwards, bringing the strong winds and the heavy rain with it during Wednesday.
01:03 So it's really through Wednesday afternoon into western areas, particularly the squeeze in the ice bars there on its southern flank across the Republic of Ireland, but also around the Irish Sea coast.
01:12 So it will be the winds that are the greatest cause for concern.
01:16 But it's not just the winds. Here's the rainfall pattern.
01:19 So quite a wet afternoon for Northern Ireland and Wales, particularly overnight into Thursday, heavy rain across parts of Scotland, where it has been very wet recently.
01:27 So we do have rainfall warnings in place.
01:30 We have a much larger wind warning in place for this storm system.
01:35 These are the gusts likely on the south coast of the Republic of Ireland, of course, a few issues.
01:40 And then particularly through these Irish Sea coasts where gusts around the coast here could touch 75, perhaps even 80 miles an hour.
01:48 More widely, even inland, we could see gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour around these western coasts,
01:55 easily winds of 60 to maybe 70 miles an hour before it all kind of dies down through Wednesday night and into Thursday.
02:01 So quite a big wind warning area in place at this stage.
02:05 Expect travel disruption. Those kind of winds could cause some flying debris, bridges to be closed, some issues with public transport.
02:12 Large waves will also be an extra hazard around the coasts and also the potential for power issues, too.
02:19 So plenty going on with the weather over the next couple of days.
02:22 Do stay up to date with the latest weather forecasts and our latest warnings there online and through our app.
02:28 And of course, we'll be updating you all the time across social media.
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