the UK could soon be in for a drenching as a 173-mile Atlantic storm is set to bring wintry weather.
Weather maps for rain have turned a startling orange for Tuesday September 24 and Wednesday September 25 as the UK braces for a deluge of torrential downpours.
The huge wall of rain covers Britain with it starting in Edinburgh and going all the way down to Southampton.
On Tuesday, Cardiff and Southampton are set to receive the worst battering with four to eight millimetres of rain predicted.
On Wednesday, London and Manchester look likely to see the worst of the heavy showers with weather maps suggesting the cities could see up to five to eight millimetres of rain an hour.
Belfast, Birmingham and the North West are also predicted to see a pounding with three to six millimetres of rain an hour predicted.
Whilst the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the North East could all see up to two to three millimetres of rain an hour.
Moreover, peak gusts of wind are predicted to hit 75km per hour across much of Britain – from the southern coast right up to the Scottish Highlands.
Jim Dale, senior meteorologist and founder of British Weather Services explained to Express.co.uk that the wet weather could saturate the UK before the maps show.
He said: “There’s a heavy showery breakdown to negotiate for southern counties this coming Sunday and Monday – 25-45mm south of the M4 corridor.”
It looks like the wet, miserable weather is here to stay as the Met Office has issued two yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms for Friday and Saturday, and said damage to buildings as a result of lightning strikes, disruption to public transport and flooding should be expected within the affected areas.
The warning covers parts of southern England and Wales, with 15 to 25 millimetres of rainfall forecasted to fall within an hour, with a very small chance of 30 to 40 millimetres of rain falling in three hours.
In its five-day weather forecast, from September 20 to 24, the Met Office said low clouds across England and Wales will break on Friday, as sunny spells develop. However, the agency said, the cloudy weather is likely to linger across the northeast. Heavy and thundery showers are set to develop across the south, while fine and dry conditions are to be expected across Northern Ireland and Scotland.
As we go into the evening, showers across Wales and the southwest will fade, while low cloud, with drizzle in places across the northeast, will expand westwards across central areas. Elsewhere, the weather conditions will be mostly dry with clear spells.
Saturday will see largely dry weather conditions in the north with sunny spells, especially in the northwest, but showers or longer spells of rain will hit the southern regions.
The weather outlook looks unsettled across the south on Sunday and Monday with showers or longer spells of rain. Mostly dry with sunny spells across the north, but often cloudy. Drier for all on Tuesday.
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