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Severe gale force winds are poised to batter Britain in what forecasters predict could be the strongest storm of the winter.
People are being warned to stay inside on Sunday night and avoid unnecessary journeys, with winds of up to 80mph expected to tear through parts of the country.
A band of exceptionally low pressure is forecast to bring heavy rain and severe gales across the country, Meteogroup UK, the weather division of the Press Association, said.
The unsettled weather is expected to climax on Monday morning when the deepening low-pressure system swings east across the UK. Trees will be uprooted and buildings suffer structural damage, but at this stage forecasters are not predicting the storm will be as severe as the devastating storm of October 1987.
Meteogroup senior meteorologist Stephen Davenport said: "This could well be the strongest storm of the winter."
Pressure in the centre of the low could fall as low as 935mb west of Ireland. The lowest pressure yet recorded over the UK was 925.6mb at Ochtertyre, near Stirling, in Perthshire in 1884. However, the storm forecast for Monday is unlikely to be quite that deep when it crosses the country.
Meteogroup forecaster Gareth Harvey said: "It looks as though it is going to be strong winds just about everywhere with severe gales in some places.
"We are sure trees will be uprooted and there will be some structural damage if it's as strong as expected."
Winds gusting up to 70mph are forecast from early on Monday as a band of squally rain crosses the UK. Exposed areas in the west and near the south coast have been warned to expect winds up to 80mph.
The storm is forecast to develop out of a strong jet stream moving out of Canada on Saturday and crossing the Atlantic and the UK during Sunday and Monday.
People are being warned to stay inside on Sunday night and avoid unnecessary journeys, with winds of up to 80mph expected to tear through parts of the country.
A band of exceptionally low pressure is forecast to bring heavy rain and severe gales across the country, Meteogroup UK, the weather division of the Press Association, said.
The unsettled weather is expected to climax on Monday morning when the deepening low-pressure system swings east across the UK. Trees will be uprooted and buildings suffer structural damage, but at this stage forecasters are not predicting the storm will be as severe as the devastating storm of October 1987.
Meteogroup senior meteorologist Stephen Davenport said: "This could well be the strongest storm of the winter."
Pressure in the centre of the low could fall as low as 935mb west of Ireland. The lowest pressure yet recorded over the UK was 925.6mb at Ochtertyre, near Stirling, in Perthshire in 1884. However, the storm forecast for Monday is unlikely to be quite that deep when it crosses the country.
Meteogroup forecaster Gareth Harvey said: "It looks as though it is going to be strong winds just about everywhere with severe gales in some places.
"We are sure trees will be uprooted and there will be some structural damage if it's as strong as expected."
Winds gusting up to 70mph are forecast from early on Monday as a band of squally rain crosses the UK. Exposed areas in the west and near the south coast have been warned to expect winds up to 80mph.
The storm is forecast to develop out of a strong jet stream moving out of Canada on Saturday and crossing the Atlantic and the UK during Sunday and Monday.
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