High winds are causing travel disruption as approaches.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings of strong winds across Scotland on Saturday with gusts of 75mph or higher possible in coastal areas and exposed locations.
Gusts of 63mph were recorded in South Uist, Tiree and on Saturday afternoon.
Several bridges were closed to high sided vehicles on Saturday with the Erskine, , Skye and Kessock Bridges among those affected while a 40mph limit was put in place on the Queensferry Crossing.
Ferry passengers also faced disruption with many services cancelled due to the weather conditions.
Robert Morrison, Caledonian MacBrayne's director of operations, said: "Weather for the weekend is looking extremely problematic as far as delivering a scheduled timetable.
"There is a very high possibility of weather related disruption to services across all 28 of our routes so people should be aware of this before setting off on their journey.
"We will of course be looking keep running when conditions allow.
"I would urge passengers to allow extra time for their journey, keep track of the status of their sailing on the website or on social media and be prepared for delays and cancellations."
Storm Ciara, a low-pressure system, developed in the and has tracked eastwards towards the UK and Ireland over recent days.
It is expected to lead to delays and disruption on roads, railways and ferries, with possible flooding to homes and businesses and short-term losses of power.
Wind gusts are forecast to reach across many inland areas.
Police across the country have issued safety warnings.
In Ayrshire, police urged people to pay attention to the weather and said local officers will be on patrol throughout the weekend to assist, while police in Tayside urged people to "take care and plan travel appropriately".
Network Rail said that winds of up to 90mph are expected on the West Highland Line and the Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh routes on Sunday and said that services will be suspended during the worst of the weather.
The company tweeted: "We expect extreme winds of 80-90mph to affect the - Kyle of Lochalsh tomorrow. Services will be suspended on those routes during the worst of the weather tomorrow. It's not safe to run in these conditions.
"Once the storm passes, we'll inspect both routes with locomotives on Monday at first light for obstructions before reopening."
Warnings of high winds are also in place across Scotland on Sunday.
Met Office chief meteorologist Frank Saunders said: " will bring damaging winds and heavy rain across the UK this weekend and we have issued a range of severe weather warnings giving people time to prepare for potential impacts of the storm.
"Winds will increase through Saturday across Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern England and Wales, before turning very windy across the rest of the UK through the early hours of Sunday morning."
