Drivers are urged to check the Traffic Scotland website, while those using other forms of transport are advised to check with their operator to see if services are affected.

Unsettled conditions are expected to start across the UK on Thursday evening before the first weather warning begins at 06:00 on Friday.

A further area of low pressure could bring more wet and very windy weather across the country by Sunday.

There is the potential for further weather warnings over the weekend and throughout next week, the Met Office added.

Spokeswoman Andrea Bishop said: “Storm Eowyn will bring a period of very unsettled, potentially disruptive, weather to the UK through Friday and into Saturday.

“The system will begin to influence the UK’s weather on Friday, with strengthening winds initially in north-western parts of the UK with accompanying heavy rainfall.”

Eowyn is the fifth named storm of the 2024-25 season, which began in October last year.