A yellow weather warning for wind has been issued for Ross-on-Wye as Storm Eleanor, the fifth named storm of the season, is forecast to bring gusts of up to 80mph to parts of the UK on Tuesday night and into Wednesday.

Paul Gundersen, Met Office Chief Forecaster, said: "Storm Eleanor will bring a very windy spell to the UK on Tuesday night and Wednesday with gales or severe gales in places and National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued as there is the potential for some travel disruption."

Unsettled weather will continue through the rest of the week with further bouts of wet and windy weather interspersed with brighter, showery periods. There may be snow at times across northern areas, especially Scotland, as well as ice at night between the wet spells.