Britain's 'weather bomb' explained: Scientists reveal the devastating system behind Storm Eowyn - and whether climate change is to blame
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Britons are bracing for 'exceptional' hurricane-force winds as Storm Eowyn hits the country tomorrow. The Met Office has issued a rare red warning ahead of the storm, which is set to bring 100mph gales to large parts of the UK within hours. Now, scientists have warned that the storm is 'explosively developing'.
![[The Met Office has issued a rare red warning ahead of the storm, which is set to bring 100mph gales to large parts of the UK within hours]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/12/94430419-14317061-image-a-33_1737634480926.jpg)
'The storm is "explosively developing," meaning it's intensifying at an exceptional rate,' said Dr Ambrogio Volonté, a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading. 'Its central air pressure is expected to plummet by over 50hPa in just 24 hours – more than twice what's needed for meteorologists to classify it as explosive.'.
![[The jet stream provides the mechanism for storms like this to develop. This band of strong winds sits at the top of the atmosphere, around 30,000ft above the ground]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/12/94430853-14317061-The_jet_stream_provides_the_mechanism_for_storms_like_this_to_de-a-35_1737634842352.jpg)
According to the experts, a 'very active jet stream' is to blame for the 'particularly potent' storm. Professor Liz Bentley, CEO of the Royal Meteorological Society, said: 'Storm Eowyn is a particularly potent storm particular because of a very active jet stream.
![[Pet owners have been warned to keep dogs on leads tomorrow as the storm barrels towards the UK. Pictured: The calm before the storm on Tynemouth Longsands beach in North Tyneside this morning]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/12/94429235-14317061-Pet_owners_have_been_warned_to_keep_dogs_on_leads_tomorrow_as_th-a-37_1737635064474.jpg)
'Also the storm will be at its strongest as it crosses the UK and Ireland.'. Britons are bracing for 'exceptional' hurricane-force winds as Storm Eowyn hits the country tomorrow. The Met Office has issued a rare red warning ahead of the storm, which is set to bring 100mph gales to large parts of the UK within hours.
![[Scientists have warned that the storm is 'explosively developing', with its peak devastation set to hit on Friday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/12/94430421-14317061-image-a-36_1737634929598.jpg)
The jet stream provides the mechanism for storms like this to develop. This band of strong winds sits at the top of the atmosphere, around 30,000ft above the ground. As it flows high overhead, it causes changes in the pressure nearer the surface, helping to shape the weather we see.
