A yellow weather warning for wind and rain has been issued in Southampton, as the city is expected to be hit with heavy downpours this weekend.

Met Office has warned that between 3pm Friday December 6 and 6am Sunday December 8, the city will face strong winds and heavy rains that could bring disruption.

Forecasters say that longer journey times could be expected due to cancellations to road and rail services, and that there is a small chance for flooding or damage to buildings.

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Saturday looks to bring the worst, as wind speeds of 49mph are expected in the early hours of the morning.

A spokesperson from the Met Office said: "A deep low may cross England and Wales from Friday afternoon, clearing to the east Saturday night.

"The low may bring a period of strong winds to much of the warning area, with some heavy rain likely to the north and west of the low centre, and some hill snow in the north (above about 200 metres).

"Around 15-25 mm of rain may fall quite widely, more particularly across central, northern and western parts of England and Wales, with exposed higher ground in the north and west (particularly parts of Wales, which are at greatest risk of seeing flooding impacts) perhaps locally seeing closer to 50-70 mm."