Severe Gales for Tuesday - Update

It looks as though the depression is moving slightly faster than first though which means that the strongest winds are now likely to hit the islands from around midday Tuesday through to early evening.

The winds are still predicted to be in the range of 35 to 50 mph, gusting 55 to 80mph.

Remember to put any loose garden furniture, or things like trampolines, in a safe place where they won't get caught by the wind!

One positive thing; Once this system has moved away Northeast, there is a high pressure system moving in which should give us some nice weather for a while.

Updated at 10:15 BST:
As Richard has spotted; The gusts are reaching over 50 mph here at the moment but the highest winds are still to come I think. The barometric pressure is still falling, although the drop has slowed. Looking at the satellite images there is a clear "tail" to this depression out to the West of the Islands and that's where the higher winds are.

This afternoon I think we can expect to see gusts in the range of 70 mph with an average speed reaching 50 mph at times.

More later.........

Updated at 18:00 BST:
Well the depression has now past to the Northeast, the pressure is rising and the wind is easing.
The highest average winds were 63 mph with the highest gust at 74 mph, these occured at 12:06 BST.
Now the pressure should rise quite rapidly as a new High moves in from the Southwest to give us a more settled spell over the coming days.