The deep area of low pressure which contains post-tropical storm Katia  was, at 9 am, centred approximately 200 miles northwest of Sligo, Ireland with a central pressure of 966 hpa. This can be seen on the satellite image below – the swirl of cloud to the west of Scotland/north of Northern Ireland is the low pressure system which was Katia.

Winds are strengthening,  with a recent gusts of up to 82 mph at Capel Curig in the mountains of North Wales. Elsewhere winds are widely gusting to 40 to 50 mph, with further strengthening expected across some northern areas through today.

Infra-red satellite image of storm affecting the UK at 9 am on Monday 12th September Source: EUMETSAT/Met Office

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