Liam Dutton | Weather Presenter & Meteorologist

Following a quiet start to the Atlantic storm season, there are a number of potential and active storms to watch during the next seven days.

After hitting the UK and Ireland on 4th August, Storm Floris is now sitting over Norway - taking the wet and windy weather there.

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Scotland has provisionally had its strongest August wind gust on record, reaching 82mph at Wick Airport, according to the Met Office.

The daisy chain of cloud and weather fronts linked to the tail of Storm Floris stretch around 5,600 miles.

If you could cloud surf, you'd end up in Bermuda!

Image: Windy.com

The strongest gusts from Storm Floris have mainly been in Scotland.

Here are the peak gusts up to 3.30pm.

After a quiet storm season so far, the Atlantic Ocean is waking up, with a number of tropical waves expected to leave the west coast of Africa during the next week.

These are what can potentially develop into hurricanes.

Statistically, the peak of season is mid-September.

Here are the strongest wind gusts on record in the UK for each of the summer months.

87mph is currently the highest gust on record in August, and probably where you'd least expect - recorded at Needles on the Isle of Wight in 1996.

There are signs of line convection developing on the cold front moving east across England and Wales.

What does this mean?

There's likely to be a narrow band of intense rain and gusty winds sweeping through - lasting 15-20 mins.

Here's the satellite imagery of Storm Floris during the past 12 hours.

You can see the storm deepening quickly, indicated by the hook-like cloud wrapping around its centre.

A view that wouldn't look out of place in autumn or winter!

The strongest gusts from Storm Floris have been in the north and west of the UK.

Here are the peak gusts up to 12.20pm.

Storm Floris hits tomorrow, with disruptive winds across the northern half of the UK.

An amber warning has been issued for central and northern Scotland, where the greatest impacts are expected.

More here - weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and...

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Storm Floris to hit UK on Monday Unseasonably strong and potentially damaging winds will sweep across the UK early next week.

My latest blog on Storm Floris, which is set to hit the UK on Monday.

www.channel4.com/news/by/liam...

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A heads-up for next Monday...

Weather models are still showing a deep area of low pressure affecting the UK.

It looks like it'll be at least unseasonably windy, but worst-case scenario, stormy.

Details are still uncertain, but one to keep an eye on!

Thunderstorms are breaking out quite widely across southern parts of England this afternoon.

Some places will see a lot of rain in a short space of time, with a risk of localised flooding and travel disruption.

They'll gradually ease this evening...

Early next week needs close watching...

Weather models are suggesting an unseasonably deep area of low pressure may affect the UK Mon-Tue.

If it comes off, it could bring troublesome wind strength for the middle of summer.

Tropical Storm Co-May is expected to hit eastern China on Wednesday.

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Hi Ant. All of the data on the map is in reference to each respective area's average. So, in this instance, it refers to the NW.

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