i'm joined by weather presenter chris fawkes. simple question first of all.idespread impact and multiple hazards to the uk. let's look at the system. read weather warning is a rare top—level warning, we have not had one since january, not issued very often. we're looking at a gust of wind up to or in excess of 90 bringing a threat to life, this is the latest satellite picture which shows the developing, storm darragh, it means it will be affecting pretty much all parts of the uk. it is wind that comes first. we talk about that read weather warning for parts of wales, southern and western wales. in excess of 90, that is strong enough to bring structural damage, talking about some rooms being structural damage, talking about som

with me is our weather presenter chris fawkes.k so that means the worst of the windsor pastas and i've seen that. the absolute peak wind strength is now behind us. but, we still have our amber weather warning in force and we are talking about a gust of wind over the next, well, over the rest of today so 80 mph. when is that strong strong enough to still blog entries so we are expecting further transport disruption and park cuts as well. so, in many senses, even though the peak went behind us, we had a gust of 93 mph, and 88, we are not going to see anything stronger than that but the winds we are going to get all still be strong enough to cut some big problems and of course we've been hearing about the widespread transport disruption whether that roads, airports, this picture is coming in from devon showing trees falling down power lines and we've got over 100,000 people suffering from power cuts at the moment with northern ireland reported about a 46,000 northern ireland reported about a 116,000 properties without power, wales an

for the bigger weather picture here's chris fawkes from the bbc weather centre.so that means the worst of the winds are past us, and i've seen that. the absolute peak wind strength is now behind us. but, we still have our amber weather warning in force and we are talking about a gust of wind over the next, well, over the rest of today so 80 mph. so, that is why we are still majoring on the disruption potential for the strong winds. actually, we've heard lots about the transport disruption, the disruption to airports, roads, railways, across the board with had problems. however, homes have been significantly problematic as well, and they've been increasing. the latest figures that i've been totting up is 138,000 without power with northern ireland fully at thousands. so, it's across this kind of area where it remains in force. we are going to see further transport disruption, further transport disruption, further power cuts, as the amber warning comes in. they will bring down a few tree branches down and that will bring localised disruption even away from the ambe

danger to rescue others, they will be there all weekend in case of emergency. 0ur weather presenter chris fawkess we've been seeing. well, they've been horrendous, haven't they? i mean, we had the red weather warning, which is rare for this country to get red warnings. that lapsed at 11:00 this morning. the amber warning, though, remains in force and that's for wind gusts still potentially in excess of 80mph in the very, very windiest places. and these winds are still strong enough to bring down some trees. now, as far as the strongest winds from darragh go, well, we recorded them earlier today. and top gusts 93 miles an hour. that's not changed. that's capel curig in the north west of wales. not far behind that, actually, devon — liscombe 88mph gusts. so it's these areas that have seen the very, very strongest winds. the peak of the storm is behind us now but it has caused some real problems. i reckon we've got nearly 200,000 properties now without power. totting up the stats, got 88,000 in wales that have been without power, 48,000 in northern ireland, south west england now 511,500 properties

it warns of threats of significant disruption and a "danger to life". 0ur weather presenter chris fawkesed very often. we're looking at a gust of wind up to her in excess of 90 mph bringing a real threat to life, and this is the latest satellite picture which shows the storm developing and moving in and the scale of the storm means that hazards are going to be affecting pretty much all parts of the uk. it's wins that come first. direct weather warning for parts of wales, southern and western wales, parts of southwest england. gust of wind in excess of 90 mph, strong enough to bring structural damage, some groups will be blown off buildings. a number of trees are likely to come down from us a widespread transport disruption and power cuts as well. there is a more widespread amber warning that takes an even more areas of wales, parts of western england and northern ireland to southwest scotland. gust here will not be far behind, 70—80 mph, they will be strong enough to bring down trees. so transport disruption and power supply problems are also possible. supply problems are also possible-—

parts of wales and south west england on saturday as storm darragh hits. 0ur weather presenter chris fawkeswarnings that the met office issued. they don't issue them very often. the last one was for storm isha. that brought some damaging winds to northern areas of england and scotland. top gusts of 99 miles an hour and it did cause some fatalities, unfortunately. this storm system, darragh, what we can see this moving in at the moment. it's this area of cloud heading to the uk. it's quite a strengthening area of low pressure that's working its way in, and it's a system that will bring multiple hazards to the uk, with some flooding rain and some hill snow for scotland. but the main focus for the time being is on this top level red weather warning that's in force across parts of southern and western wales. it comes into force during the early hours of tonight, and we're talking about gusts of wind potentially in excess of 90 miles an hour. so that is a danger to life. we're likely to see structural damage — that is some roofs getting blown off buildings, tiles being thrown across streets. tha

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello.rn exceptionally mild for this time of the year. with that change to milder weather conditions, we see extensive cloud that started to work into western scotland already and over the next 2a hours. for some of us, we'll see an enormous ten degree celsius leap up in temperatures. aberdeen going from four degrees celsius this afternoon to about 1k tomorrow afternoon. you'll notice that change. the change is brought about by this warm front that's going to be pushing its way eastwards across the uk, with much milder southwesterly winds following that feature through. now, often when we see these kind of transitions in winter, it takes quite a long time to displace the cold, dense air that's initially near the earth's surface and get it out of the way with milder conditions pushing in. and certainly that's the case today. the milder air is starting to creep into western areas of northern ireland, but otherwise it's cold temperatures four or 5 c pretty widely this afternoon. and for some it

here's chris fawkes. yes, what's occurring, i suppose.r on in scotland but for many others it has been another grey and gloomy day, and this was the scene in worcestershire. some helpful patches and quite extensive drizzle around as well. for those fed up with this gloomy weather, look at this friendly weather front. this cold front working across scotland and northern ireland, behind that clearer skies. that front will be slipping southward so you can see a bit of rain around scotland and northern ireland at the moment but over the next few hours those skies will clear and it stays pretty gloomy for much of england and wales. looking at the cloud, they will be some missed, some helpful patches and we will continue to see areas of drizzle as well. temperatures 2—a for many but a touch of frost in sheltered parts of scotland. tomorrow we start cloudy across east anglia in the south though sunnier skies will work southwards quite quickly through the morning but at the same thing for west scotland and northern ireland it turns cloudy through

here's chris fawkes. hello.he gherkin with the cloud hugging the top of it. pretty misty and drizzly too. on the satellite picture, this cloud is a warm front moving across england. i know, it hasn't felt warm, but the effect has been to increase the amount of humidity in the atmosphere, which is why we have seen more extensive drizzle will stop it will stay damp across england and whilst overnight tonight. mist will be extensive, hill fog patches around as well. a few patches of frost possible in scotland, but for most, even in scotland, but for most, even in scotland, frost free, with temperatures around a—6. not really changing from what we have outside at the moment. next couple of days, at the moment. next couple of days, a cold front pushes south westwards, and that will give us some brighter weather eventually, but before that, another murky day on 1445 00:30:45,4

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello.ated with an area of low pressure and this cloud on the satellite picture. it's not the only low, though, in the north atlantic. further west, we've got a more powerful system developing just here, and that's going to be bringing somevery strong winds to parts of the uk this weekend, potentially disrupting some of your christmas travel plans. now, we started off with rain today across scotland and northern ireland, but the afternoon here looking a lot brighter, sunshine and blustery showers as our rain band works its way eastwards across england and wales. temperatures around eight to ten degrees and it will be quite windy. gusts reaching around 40mph—odd for the western side of scotland. that rain clears through overnight but then clear spells for a time. the next area of rain works in later in the night, accompanied by some really quite strong winds. and it's on saturday that we'll see this next area of low pressure really flex its muscles, bringing some particularly windy weather to

i'm joined by weather presenter chris fawkes. more about what they are saying? ness are the very top level warnings that the met office issue, they don't issue them very often, the last one was for a storm that brought damaging winds to northern areas of england and scotland. it caused some fatalities, this storm system dara, we can see this moving in, it is this area of cloud heading to the uk, it is a strengthening area of low pressure that is working in, and it is a system that will bring multiple hazards to the uk, with flooding rain, hill snow for scotland but the main focus for the time being, is on this top level red weather warning that is in force across parts of southern and western wales, it comes into force during the early hours of tonight, and we are talking about gusts in excess of 90mph. so, that is a danger to life, we are likely to see structure damage, that is some roofs getting blown off buildings, tiles being thrown across streets, that is why you don't want to be out in this kind of thing, there will be wide

let's put this all into context — with me is our weather presenter chris fawkes. e of the impact of storm darragh across the uk at the moment. 0ne across the uk at the moment. one of the impacts, we have spoken about the transport disruption at the moment, i havejust been looking disruption at the moment, i have just been looking at the power cuts across the uk and the reports from nie networks in northern ireland that 16,000 properties are without power at the moment, wales of course has had some of the stronger twins, over 36,000 properties without power at their and south—west england every 20,000 properties. —— wales has had some of the strongest winds. let's see if we can look at storm darragh in a bit more detail and of course we have our top red weather warning which is still in force until 11 o'clock. we have seen the strongest winds so far today across wales where we have had the top gust of 93 mph recorded in q rig —— capel curig, i don't think they will get any stronger but we are still looking at gust of 70 to 80 miles per hour, so we clearly have some