Laura Tobin charts Britain's double-storm weekend
Good Morning Britain's forecast follows Austen eastward before a second storm brings another round of wind and rain.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 478,941 views a day, 28 times a normal first day on this channel (17,046).
Laura Tobin explains the TWO big storms hitting the UK this weekend
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- 0:44The jet stream helps drive explosive cyclogenesis, the rapid deepening of a low-pressure system.
- 2:07Separate maps track pressure, rainfall and wind gusts moving from west to east.
- 4:21A second storm is forecast to arrive Saturday night into Sunday.
- 5:29Tobin reviews amber wind warnings and yellow rain warnings.
- 6:20Travel advice includes checking journeys beforehand and securing loose garden items, including trampolines.
Storm Austen is only the first part of Laura Tobin's weekend forecast. Her Good Morning Britain report follows its rain and strongest winds across England and Wales, then turns to the next system arriving Saturday night into Sunday.
The hour-by-hour explainer has drawn about 440,000 views in 20 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos. Alongside it, a separate discussion of Britain's storm preparedness and a Short about government emergency guidance have also drawn unusually large audiences.
Tobin starts with the mechanics. The jet stream helps drive a rapidly deepening area of low pressure, a process she calls "explosive cyclogenesis," also known as a weather bomb. Her maps then separate out pressure, rainfall and gusts, showing heavy rain and wind moving toward Kent and the east coast.
The second storm, named Boelo in the program's description, brings a further spell of unsettled weather over the weekend. Tobin reviews amber wind and yellow rain warnings, with the combination of rain and strong winds making driving conditions a particular concern.
The report finishes with practical preparations rather than another weather map: check before traveling, keep up with the forecast and secure loose garden objects. Network Rail's especially specific reminder, passed on by Tobin, is to tie down trampolines.
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- Channel
- Good Morning Britain
- Subscribers
- 1,380,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,772,274
- Channel views, pace per day
- 921,633 (on a normal day: 532,182)
- Video published
- October 23, 2026
- Video views so far
- 440,597 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 478,941
The numbers
Tobin's forecast has already attracted substantially more views than a typical Good Morning Britain regular video receives on its first day.
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