00:00Hello. As you probably know by now, Storm Eowyn is arriving. Red Met Office
00:06warnings have been issued for Northern Ireland, Central and South West
00:09Scotland for damaging winds on Friday. The storm itself has been steadily
00:14brewing during the course of Thursday, hiding under this massive cloud. It
00:19intensified somewhat through Wednesday night and continued to intensify during
00:24Thursday. Why? Well, it's all to do with the jet stream, a very powerful jet
00:30stream, a fast-moving ribbon of air high up in the atmosphere is picking this
00:35storm up and really developing it. The isobar is just popping out of it as it
00:40approaches the Republic of Ireland, bottoming out as it moves in just to the
00:45northwest of the UK. Its strongest winds on its southern flank, so the most
00:50dangerous gusts likely across central, southwestern Scotland and Northern
00:55Ireland during Friday, but it's going to be a very windy start right across the
01:00UK. More on the winds in a moment, but first of all let's get through tonight
01:05where many places actually dry and relatively calm over central and eastern
01:09parts of England. Showery rain clearing from Scotland, but then the storm moves
01:14in and it turns very wet in these western areas. There'll be snow over the
01:18hills of Northern Ireland, even at low levels for a time, and snow then moving
01:22into parts of Scotland, again particularly over the hills. We actually
01:26have a Met Office yellow warning in place for the snow, but it is, as I say,
01:30the winds that are the greatest cause for concern. Temperatures, well they'll
01:34dip initially with the clearest skies, but these are the numbers by morning, so
01:37quite a bit milder than it has been over many a recent morning across the south,
01:42but obviously it's not going to feel all that pleasant with the heavy rain and
01:45the very, very strong winds. Okay, let's look at those winds in more detail. If we
01:50rewind the clock and look at this storm, as I said the strongest winds in the
01:55southwestern quadrant really picking up during Thursday evening. This section
02:01here with the damaging gusts really ploughing into the west of the Republic
02:06of Ireland, but then for the morning rush hour across Northern Ireland as well.
02:10Southwesterly or westerly winds gusting 70, 80, 90 miles an hour, perhaps even
02:17more around exposed coasts. Then the storm system itself, the low heads its
02:21way across the Western Isles of Scotland with those dangerous gusts then just to
02:26the south across Western Scotland, but also potentially through the central
02:30belt of Scotland. Again, widely 70 mile an hour gusts, 80, 90 mile an hour gusts,
02:35possibly even a little bit more than that again around exposed coasts. The
02:39system then heads to the north, but still damaging gusts of wind are possible
02:43across Northern Scotland even into Saturday. So the warnings in place, those
02:47red warnings, Central and Western Scotland, Northern Ireland, in this zone
02:51as I mentioned 80, 90 mile an hour gusts, perhaps 100 mile an hour gusts on
02:55exposed coasts. Flanking those red warnings we have amber warnings where
02:59gusts of 70 to 80 miles an hour are potentially are possible and again gusts
03:05a little bit stronger than that over coasts and hills. Yellow warning covering
03:09all parts even further south where the winds won't be as intense but
03:12nevertheless could cause some disruption. As I mentioned there is also
03:16a snow warning in place across Scotland and a rain warning too for parts of
03:20Wales and southwest England after Thursday's rain. More rain could cause
03:25some flooding issues. The rain band itself is pretty broad but it should
03:29tend to zip through because of the strength of the wind and actually
03:32although it'll be a wet and windy start over a good part of the UK, much of
03:37England and Wales turning quite a bit brighter through the afternoon. But
03:40that's when the strongest winds will be into Western Scotland. As I mentioned
03:44those damaging gusts and still some snow falling over the hills here also. It does
03:49turn a bit drier in Northern Ireland and the the winds will ease a little bit but
03:53it's still going to be a very very windy day here. Temperatures will actually may
03:57dip a little bit as that weather front crosses further south. So seven or eight
04:02Celsius through the afternoon and again feeling colder with the winds and
04:05certainly feeling a lot colder with those very strong winds still across
04:08Northern Scotland. They will continue here through Friday evening. The amber
04:13warning remaining in place into Saturday morning across Northern Scotland. But
04:18elsewhere the weather does show signs of calming down a little bit during Friday
04:22night. As the wind start ease under clear skies there will be a frost so it's
04:27likely to be a pretty cold start to the weekend. But at least we are going to say
04:31goodbye to that storm system. Still providing very strong winds across
04:35Northern Scotland early on. But even here they should ease down through the day.
04:39Good chunk of the country looking dry and bright on Saturday. Good spells of
04:42sunshine but heavy blustery showers will then return to western parts come the
04:47afternoon. Temperatures pretty close to the average for the time of year. Now out
04:53in the Atlantic the jet stream remains pretty strong and so there is the
04:57potential for another pretty active area of low pressure as we say goodbye to
05:01storm Eowyn on Saturday. This area of low pressure then approaches doesn't
05:06look as intense but of course these weather fronts will be providing more
05:10rain and after a couple of days of very heavy rain that may cause some issues.
05:14And the isobars are still pretty close together so yes we do need to watch the
05:18winds on this system. As I said unlikely to be as dangerous as Eowyn but
05:23nevertheless could cause some disruption. We already have Met Office warnings in
05:26place for the second half of the weekend. Please check out all of the weather
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