Storm Austen forecast warns of coastal gusts up to 80 mph

Laura Tobin uses a new three-panel weather chart to explain the storm's path across southwest England and Wales.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 216,019 views a day, 40 times a normal first day on this channel (5,396).

Storm Austen to arrive overnight

Heavy rain, strong winds and possible travel disruption are the main warnings in Laura Tobin's Storm Austen forecast for Good Morning Britain. The season's first named storm was forecast to arrive overnight into Friday, with southwestern areas most affected.

Tobin follows the front eastward across southwest England and Wales, warning of coastal gusts reaching 80 mph and large waves. Her presentation separates the forecast into pressure, rainfall and wind gusts, making it possible to follow how the different parts of the system develop.

"Actually this is a new chart, we've never used this before," she says as she introduces the display.

The short bulletin has drawn more than 200,000 views in less than a day, far beyond the program's usual opening-day audience for Shorts. It is a notably strong response to a practical weather update rather than one of the interviews or studio debates that feature among the channel's most-watched uploads.

Tobin also points to another low-pressure system potentially arriving on Saturday, raising the possibility of a second named storm of the season.

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The numbers

The Storm Austen bulletin drew an unusually large audience for a Good Morning Britain Short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

5,396

this video

216,019

subscribers

1,380,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,303,220,556

views per day

1,196,222

typical day: 458,400

the video

views

207,338

likes

581

comments

135

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Real Time with Bill Maher

2,980,000

This Morning

2,540,000

The View

1,720,000

Good Morning Britain

1,380,000

The Jonathan Ross Show

756,000

Very Important People

752,000

As of October 23, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.