The Met Office has identified 47 areas across the UK that are likely to experience heavy rain overnight into Thursday, as a band of wet weather moves across the country. The heaviest and most persistent rain is expected to push across northern and eastern Scotland during the early hours, with outbreaks also affecting parts of northeast England.
Affected Regions
The areas most at risk include Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Inverness-shire, Moray, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Perth and Kinross, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Conwy, Gwynedd, Anglesey, Powys, Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire, Devon, and Cornwall.
Forecast Details
According to the Met Office, some of the rain will be heavy before gradually easing overnight. Further south, cloud will spread into southern parts of England, bringing patchy rain and drizzle, as well as coastal and hill fog across southwest England. The Met Office stated: "This Evening and Tonight: Windy in the north with outbreaks of rain this evening, heavy at times, then turning drier overnight. Cloud reaching southern areas later, bringing coastal and hill fog to the southwest and some patchy rain and drizzle elsewhere."
Thursday Outlook
For Thursday, the Met Office forecast: "Cloud and patchy rain clearing the far south through the day. Largely dry elsewhere with sunny spells. Remaining windy in the northeast. Cool in the northwest, warm in the southeast." While the wet weather will affect parts of the country overnight, Thursday is expected to become much brighter for many. Rain and cloud across southern England will gradually clear, leaving most areas dry with sunny spells. Winds will remain strong in northeastern parts of the UK, while temperatures will vary, with cooler conditions in the northwest and warmer weather across the southeast.
