The first named storm of the season swept across the UK on Sunday bringing with it strong winds, power cuts and travel disruption.
The Met Office issued severe warnings as Storm Ashley arrived, forcing several roads in the north of England, including the A66 between County Durham and the M6 in Cumbria, to close due to strong winds.
Dozens of flights had to be cancelled on Sunday at Belfast, Dublin and Leeds Bradford airports due to hazardous conditions.
Ferry crossings between Larne in Northern Ireland and Cairnryan in Scotland’s south west were to be cancelled on Sunday as were some CalMac crossings in West Scotland.
In Northern Ireland, more than 10,000 customers were without power for several hours after high winds caused disruption.
The strongest gust was recorded in Aberdaron, Wales, reaching 82 mph.
The south west of England was also hit by heavy rain, with roads flooded at Weymouth Harbour and the Great South Run in Portsmouth had to be cancelled over safety fears.
Ashley has now departed but left 20 flood warnings in its wake and 74 flood alerts still in place.
Where will Storm Ashley hit on Monday?
Storm Ashely continued to cause problems in the north east of England and parts of Scotland early on Monday before swirling out into the North Sea.
Met Office forecaster Kathryn Chalk said the storm on Monday morning would be “bringing some strong and gusty winds to parts of Scotland” but there would be “largely brighter skies further towards the south”.
Winds of up to 50/60mph for the far north east of Scotland and the Orkney and Shetland isles was forecast as the storm left the UK.
Where are weather warnings in place?
There are currently no weather warnings in place across the UK after the storm moved across northern Scotland and out into the North Sea.
However, Sunday saw several amber and yellow warnings from the Met Office across the UK as Ashley ploughed through.
Amber weather warnings for wind were in place in west and northwest Scotland from 9am to midnight on Sunday and there was one for Northern Ireland ending at 8pm on Sunday.
There was also a yellow warning for wind in place for the whole of Scotland and Northern Ireland and parts of northwest England and Wales, which ran until midnight on Sunday.
And there was a yellow warning for rain across the south west of England and south Wales.
What is this week’s weather forecast?
There is a slight improvement in the weather for the week ahead after Sunday’s storm.
The Met Office warned it would be a mixed day on Monday, with windy conditions remaining across northern parts of the UK.
Storm Ashley was expected to pull away to the north east on Monday morning but leaving blustery weather across the north, with heavy showers.
Ms Chalk said it would be “a case of sunny spells and frequent blustery showers moving though”.
Further south, it will be drier with sunny spells. with temperatures up to 16C.
However, it is expected to remain cloudy across south east England with outbreaks of rain.
Fog is forecast to clear through the morning on Tuesday, leaving most places dry with sunny spells.
But a band of thicker cloud and showery rain will push south eastwards across parts of England and Wales.
Morning fog will clear on Wednesday to leave a bright day for many. While Thursday will start settled but will gradually wetter and windier from the west as it goes into Friday.
