Gales of up to 80mph are forecast to sweep across parts of the UK with the arrival of Storm Brendan.
The Met Office has issued warnings of disruption to travel services and potential power cuts on Monday and Tuesday.
On Sunday, HM Coastguard urged people living in coastal communities to take care after a search-and-rescue operation in the sea off Blackpool was launched on Saturday night after a report of a man being swept away by large waves on the seafront.
In what has been described as a weather bomb, hurricane-force gales, 50ft-waves and snow will combine with the 1,500-mile Storm Brendan, named by the Irish forecaster, Met Éireann. After a dry start on Monday, the gales are forecast to push across Britain as the day progresses.
The Met Office put yellow weather warnings of strong winds in place for parts of the UK from midday on Monday to midnight. Frank Saunders, chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: It’s going to be windy across the western half of the UK, with gusts reaching 60 to 70mph along Irish Sea coastlines, the west of Scotland and perhaps some English Channel coasts maybe even 80mph in a few exposed places.