BRITS could face getting soaked later this week as the Met Office has issued a three-day yellow weather warning for rain which could see four inches fall.
The weather forecaster says people can expect worsening wet and windy conditions as the working week continues.
The heavy rain could make driving hazardous, as shown in Chippenham, Wiltshire, earlier this month[/caption]
The Met Office’s three-day yellow warning starts at 5pm on Wednesday and runs until 6am on Friday but further warnings could be issued[/caption]
A woman protects herself from the rain while walking down Oxford Street in central London (archive image)[/caption]
The northwest of the UK will see more frequent rain in the first half of this week as a number of fronts bringing in spells of showers and longer periods of rain for parts of Northern Ireland, western Scotland and parts of northwest England.
Currently, the Met Office has a yellow weather warning in place starting from 5pm on Wednesday and running continuously until 6am on Friday.
It covers western Scotland, just north of Northern Ireland, touching on Glasgow to the east and stretching further north along the coast.
Further south and east, there will be drier conditions in the early part of the week, with patchy cloud and sunny spells with temperatures expected to reach the high teens or low 20s Celsius for many.
Today it will remain mostly dry and settled across England and Wales along with some sunny spells.
It will be cloudier in many parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland with some outbreaks of rain and brisk winds.
It will though turn increasingly wet and windy as the week progresses, the Met Office has said.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Chris Bulmer said: “Rain will be particularly persistent in western Scotland from Wednesday onwards, with the heaviest rain over hills and mountains, though pulses of heavier rain will extend more widely at times, during Thursday in particular.
“From later Wednesday through to Friday morning, 50-75mm of rain is expected across a wide area, with in excess of 100mm possible over west-facing mountains.
“Wind is an accompanying hazard from late on Thursday, with this initially most likely in exposed western coasts.”
Some Brits could face flooding and power cuts as well as difficult driving conditions.
There is the possibility that the forecaster could issue further warnings in the coming days.
The wet and windy conditions are likely to spread across much of the UK from Friday and into Saturday although the influence of ex-tropical cyclones in the Atlantic means there is some uncertainty on the exact conditions Brits can expect.
Mr Bulmer added: “The situation becomes more complex later in the week as tropical cyclones Humberto and Imelda, currently over the southwest Atlantic, influence our weather, increasing the risk of a deep low developing near the UK.
“If this materialises, we could see some very strong winds as well as further heavy rainfall Friday into Saturday, but at this time the development and track of this system remains uncertain. We’re monitoring this closely.”
People in Glasgow, pictured, could be battered by the wind and rain later this week[/caption]
It will turn increasingly wet and windy as the week progresses[/caption]
