The depression will deepen on its 6,500-kilometre journey up the east coast of the United States and across the North Atlantic over the next few days.
After dumping snow in Atlantic coastal areas of Newfoundland and Labrador on Saturday morning, the system will deepen to a central pressure reading of 955 millibars by Sunday afternoon as it tracks between Ireland and Iceland.
Widespread gusts of 100-110km/h+ are expected through Sunday across Ireland.
It remains unclear if Sunday's system will meet the criteria for named storm status.
Should it do so, it would be named Storm Floris and would be the sixth named storm of the season.
This weekend’s windy conditions are the result of an energised jet stream in the North Atlantic.
The strong jet stream is developing due to a steep temperature gradient between an Arctic air mass moving deep into the southern US States and warm subtropical air mass originating from the Caribbean.
A strong stratospheric polar vortex is also helping to enhance the jet stream.
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