INVERCLYDE could be hit by more strong winds on Sunday evening as Storm Ashley closes in.

A yellow 'be aware' weather warning from the Met Office remains in place for Inverclyde, and the whole of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern areas of England, until 11.59pm tonight (Sunday).

An amber 'be prepared' warning is in place across large parts of Scotland's west coast, and though that warning zone doesn't quite stretch as far as Inverclyde, it does currently reach Loch Fyne and the west of Cowal, suggesting that the Inverclyde coast may not be completely untouched by the effects of the higher winds.

As this article was published, at 4.50pm on Sunday, the Met Office was predicting winds gusting to more than 60 miles per hour in Inverclyde until around 9pm on Sunday, with gusts upwards of 50mph expected through to the early hours of Monday.

More heavy rain is also expected throughout Inverclyde overnight.

Conditions are forecast to ease slightly once day breaks on Monday, though the Met Office is predicting that blustery conditions will remain in place, with gusts of more than 30mph expected throughout Monday and into the early hours of Tuesday.

Caledonian MacBrayne cancelled all its Gourock-Dunoon and Wemyss Bay-Rothesay ferry sailings on Sunday because of the weather forecast, with the company later deciding to cancel all services across its entire network for Sunday evening as the high winds closed in.

However, as this article was published, Western Ferries' services between McInroy's Point and Hunter's Quay are still operating.

CalMac also says that sailings to and from Rothesay will divert to Gourock instead of Wemyss Bay on Monday, and that Monday's services between Gourock and Kilcreggan will be subject to disruption or cancellation at short notice because of the weather.

Three sailings on the Gourock-Kilcreggan route - the 1430, 1530 and 1630 from Gourock and the 1500, 1600 and 1700 from Kilcreggan - are said by the operator to be at particular risk because of the "probability of tides being significantly higher than predicted".

Check out the Met Office's latest Inverclyde weather forecast by clicking here.

For the latest on the disruption to CalMac's Clyde and Hebrides ferry network, click here.