A fearsome weather front measuring 900 miles wide is heading for Britain.
This 'Atlantic torment' is expected to lash our shores for four days after sweeping across the ocean from the west on Wednesday, reports the Mirror.
The storm could well be the first to be named of the 2020/21 season if the Atlantic jet stream keeps the front powered up enough for it to merit an amber weather warning.
First in line will be Storm Aiden, with subsequent storms including Bella, Christoph, Darcy, Evert and Fleur.
Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna says a storm is on the cards this week.
He said: “The Atlantic jetstream will really power up and could generate very wet and windy weather late in the week.
“Computer models show potential for deep areas of low pressure.”
Winds could reach up to 70mph when Aiden lands on Wednesday with Scotland predicted to get the worst of the weather, although all parts of the UK look in line for a battering to some degree.
Temperatures also look set to drop from the mid-teens Celcius to the low-single digits in some parts.
By the end of the week morning frosts will be a fixture in the north and west.
Leon Brown, head of meteorological operations at the Weather Channel, predicted there would be five named storms this autumn/winter
And the Met Office has already predicted this autumn will be windier than normal thanks to 'an increased likelihood of westerly winds from the Atlantic'.
Last winter there were four named storms.
