A new storm is set to batter parts of the UK this weekend just days after Storm Ophelia.

Storm Brian is expected to bring more heavy rain and strong winds this weekend.

It is not expected to have the same intensity as ex-hurricane Ophelia, which ripped through Ireland and western parts of the UK on Monday (October 16) but it will bring gale force gusts and torrential rain to many areas.

Latest forecasts predict that Storm Brian will hit the UK and Ireland with gale force winds and widespread downpours by Saturday.

A spokesperson for The Weather Channel said: "A further deep area of low pressure, likely to be the next named storm of the season, is forecast to track from the south-west of Ireland and into the Irish Sea, with anti-clockwise winds.

"These will be moderate to fresh, but strong to gale force on coasts.

"There will be widespread heavy rain in Scotland, Northern Ireland and western Britain, with cloud and patchy rain elsewhere. Maximum temperatures will be in the low to mid teens."

Storms are given a name by the UK Met Office when they have the potential for amber or red severe weather warnings – meaning significant impacts - for wind, rain or snow.

An area of low pressure, designated Invest 92L by the US National Hurricane Centre, is also being monitored for possible development as it moves through the south-western Atlantic.

A weather system, which could become hurricane Phillipe, is currently over the west Atlantic

This system is currently centred about 500 miles southwest of Bermuda and has a low chance of development into a tropical depression or tropical storm during the next day or two, according to the NHC.

However, it is likely that Invest 92L will eventually be absorbed by a frontal boundary over the western Atlantic by Tuesday night.

If this system does develop into a tropical storm, it would receive the name Philippe.

It is forecast to move northwards and then northeast, re-curving around an area of high pressure in the west-central Atlantic.