There's no chance for a breather at the moment, as even though storm Barney is out of the way now, another low pressure system is following hot on its heels, this time crossing the north of Scotland later on today.

Ahead of the low, we have some heavy rain on the scene, it'll zip through quite speedily from the northwest of the country, and then take it's time getting down into the southeast during the day - becoming lighter and more showery as it does. Track it on the radar here.

Behind the rain band, heavy, thundery and squally showers will follow into western parts, spreading some way inland. It's not just about the rain though, we also have another spell of windy weather to contend with. Already this morning there are southwesterly gales affecting Irish channel coasts, and these will last into the afternoon, before a brief easing of the strongest gusts, ahead of the next period of windy weather later.



A little uncertainty exists on the precise track of the low, and the stronger winds may just be a bit further north than shown above. They'll affect Northern Ireland, Irish Channel coastal areas, western, central and southern Scotland, along with northwest England during the latter part of the day, where severe gales are likely in exposed parts.

The high winds continue to blow overnight too, making their way further east, before clearing away through into the north sea as the low pressure system which bought them eases away toward Scandinavia.