With the wind picking up and warnings in place on exposed parts of the Somerset coastline the Met Office has extended a weather warning of gales from Storm Barney through into Wednesday.
There are fears thaht the strong winds expected this evening and through the night could bring down trees, cause damage to property and disrupt travel.
The warning is now in place for Tuesday from 4pm until Wednesday at 2am.
West to southwesterly gales and locally severe gales are likely to sweep eastwards across the area on Tuesday evening. Widespread inland lowland gusts of 50-60 mph are likely, with isolated 70 mph. Over exposed hills, coasts and headlands winds may gusts over 80 mph. Large waves will be an additional hazard along coasts.
The public should be aware of the risk of disruption to travel and that gusts of this strength could bring down trees and lead to some damage to weakened structures.
The wild weather is due to a "vigorous depression" that will track quickly eastwards across Ireland and northern England later on Tuesday accompanied by a swathe of very strong winds developing on its southern flank affecting England and Wales.
Meteorologist Mark takes a closer look at #StormBarney https://t.co/ljVAGXoeTY
— Met Office (@metoffice) November 16, 2015
Latest animation showing #StormBarney as it heads towards the UK. Warnings: https://t.co/ziqeF8QF1E https://t.co/2b5k5D52FR
— Met Office (@metoffice) November 17, 2015
More severe weather warnings have been issued for #rain and #wind over the next few days https://t.co/ziqeF8QF1E pic.twitter.com/ktuGALIoUg
— Met Office (@metoffice) November 17, 2015
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