The Met Office has updated its forecast, predicting rainfall in 110 UK council areas on Sunday afternoon. The recent warm weather is expected to end as rain clouds cover the country on Saturday and Sunday.
For Saturday, the Met Office said: “Band of rain across Scotland moving southeastwards and turning increasingly showery. Remaining dry, sunny and very warm across southern areas, with brighter and fresher conditions following across Scotland.” The Sunday to Tuesday forecast states: “Fresher for all on Sunday with sunny spells and some showers. Remaining changeable early next week across the north, but potentially turning dry and very warm again in the south.”
Rainfall Details
The wettest weather is predicted late Sunday afternoon. Most areas will see less than 1mm, but heavier downpours are expected in some regions. Up to 8mm of rain is forecast for the Lake District, Lancashire, Hampshire, and East Yorkshire, while Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire could see up to 32mm.
Rain will affect 55 council areas in England, 22 in Scotland and Wales each, and 11 in Northern Ireland. Rain begins in northern areas, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, on Saturday afternoon and lasts through most of Sunday. A second band of rain is expected early Sunday, hitting the western side and leading to a gloomy afternoon for most.
Temperature Outlook
Temperatures will be cool for summer, with highs of 21°C in southern England, 17°C in northern England, 19°C in Wales, 16°C in Northern Ireland, and 15°C in Scotland.
Full List of Affected Council Areas
Northern Ireland: Antrim and Newtownabbey, Ards and North Down, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Belfast, Causeway Coast and Glens, Derry City and Strabane, Fermanagh and Omagh, Lisburn and Castlereagh, Mid and East Antrim, Mid Ulster, Newry, Mourne and Down.
Wales: Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wrexham.
Scotland: Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde, Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles), North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire.
England: North West: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cumberland, Halton, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Sefton, St Helens, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington, Westmorland and Furness, Wigan, Wirral. Yorkshire: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Wakefield. Midlands: Birmingham, Coventry, Derby, Derbyshire, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire. South West: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Torbay.
