Much of the UK has been warned about potentially dangerous winds hitting the country from Tuesday.
A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office covering all of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and most of Scotland.
The only places likely to escape the gusts are the far north and Scottish islands.
The rest of the country has been told to brace for potential travel disruption and short term loss of power.
It comes as parts of the UK are still struggling to recover after the devastating Storm Arwen hit 10 days ago.
More than 4,000 homes are still without power, most of which are in north east England.
High winds battered parts of the country overnight on Saturday, with gusts of between 35 and 50 miles per hour recorded.
Temperatures also plummeted to below zero in parts of Scotland.
Next week’s winds are likely to be accompanied by heavy rain, the Met Office has warned – heaping yet more misery on already sodden parts of England.
Met Office meteorologist Rachel Ayers said: ‘It will be a relatively nice day today, but overnight tonight it will be windy.
‘Temperatures, with the wind and cloud cover, should stay up tonight.
‘That should help things a little bit, but we are expecting some more changeable and unsettled weather.
‘This unsettled weather isn’t going to help areas that have been impacted by Storm Arwen too much.’
Homes have been left without power for days on end because of the damage caused by the storm.
The Government has assured people that they should be reconnected by Christmas at the latest.
Stewart Sexton, from Alnwick in Northumberland, is on day 10 without power.
‘Yesterday we had confirmation that it would be on by close of play today’, the 57-year-old said.
‘NPG (Northern Powergrid) even called us back to say yes – confirmed – back on the 5th.
‘However, it’s blowing 40mph with rain here today so that confirmation is highly unlikely, if not impossible.’
The Ministry of Defence has said 297 personnel from the British Army and Royal Marines were still providing support and conducting door-to-door checks on vulnerable people on Sunday morning.
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