Winds of up to 50mph are set to batter Southampton today, as Storm Éowyn brings heavy rain to the south coast.

Two weather warnings are in place on Sunday, with a yellow for wind lasting between 8am and 3pm, as wind gusts are set to hit 50mph at 1pm in Met Office's forecast.

A yellow warning for rain begins at 8am on Sunday and ends 6am Monday, with the weather experts warning of a small chance of power cuts and damage to homes.

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From 11am to 3pm, rain will pour down onto the city.

It is set to clear for a few hours, but the wet weather is predicted to return at 7pm and continue for the rest of the night.

Read our hour-by-hour forecast from Met Office below.

Hour-by-hour Met Office weather forecast in Southampton for Sunday January 26

4am: Light rain night, 4C, feels like 2C, wind gust of 20mph

5am: Light rain night, 5C, feels like 2C, wind gust of 25mph

6am: Light rain night, 5C, feels like 2C, wind gust of 26mph

7am: Cloudy night, 5C, feels like 1C, wind gust of 29mph

8am: Sunny intervals, 5C, feels like 1C, wind gust of 32mph

9am: Cloudy, 5C, feels like 1C, wind gust of 36mph

10am: Light rain, 6C, feels like 2C, wind gust of 43mph

11am: Heavy rain, 6C, feels like 1C, wind gust of 44mph

12pm: Heavy rain, 6C, feels like 1C, wind gust of 48mph

1pm: Heavy rain, 7C, feels like 2C, wind gust of 50mph

2pm: Heavy rain, 7C, feels like 3C, wind gust of 49mph

3pm: Light showers, 8C, feels like 4C, wind gust of 45mph

4pm: Sunny intervals, 9C, feels like 4C, wind gust of 36mph

5pm: Cloudy, 9C, feels like 5C, wind gust of 32mph

6pm: Cloudy, 9C, feels like 5C, wind gust of 32mph

7pm: Heavy rain, 9C, feels like 6C, wind gust of 35mph

8pm: Heavy rain, 9C, feels like 6C, wind gust of 38mph

9pm: Heavy rain, 9C, feels like 6C, wind gust of 41mph

10pm: Heavy rain, 9C, feels like 5C, wind gust of 43mph

11pm: Light rain, 9C, feels like 5C, wind gust of 45mph

Midnight: Light rain, 9C, feels like 5C, wind gust of 41mph