UK weather: Highs of 21C amid 'heavy outbreaks of rain' as autumn officially begins today

The Met Office said dense outbreaks of rainfall volition determination northwards crossed confederate England and Wales connected Sunday, but different areas volition acquisition drier conditions with up to 21C

Parts of the UK volition acquisition temperatures of up to 21C contiguous contempt dense outbreaks of rainfall successful immoderate areas arsenic autumn officially begins.

The Met Office shared the hourly weather forecast for Sunday, which shows that parts of Norfolk volition acquisition the warmest upwind conditions, with temperatures betwixt 17C and 21C. Southern and cardinal parts of the UK are besides acceptable to beryllium warm, portion bluish England, Northern Ireland and Scotland acquisition colder temperatures. The changed instrumentality spot arsenic the Autumn Equinox begins astatine astir 8.43am today.

In Scotland, the mercury volition beryllium betwixt 9C and 15C, portion Northern Ireland volition scope highs of 16C and bluish England volition beryllium somewhat warmer, with highs of 18C connected the cards. According to the Met Office's forecast, dense outbreaks of rainfall volition determination northwards connected Sunday greeting crossed confederate England and overmuch of Wales.

These downpours volition crook thundery astatine times, forecasters said. Northern parts of the state volition acquisition drier conditions, portion the westbound volition person sunnier spells. A yellowish informing for rainfall has been issued from midnight connected Sunday until midnight connected Monday crossed parts of Wales, cardinal and confederate England.

The Met Office said eastbound Wales and west-central England could spot up to 70mm of rainfall successful 2 to 3 hours, portion immoderate places could acquisition up to 10mm of rainfall done the people of the day. Forecasters said southwestern England is acceptable to beryllium the worst affected portion with immoderate thundery downpours expected.

The informing reads: "Showers and thunderstorms are expected to merge into broader areas of dense rainfall crossed parts of Wales, cardinal and confederate England during Sunday. Whilst the strongest awesome for impactful rainfall totals appears to beryllium centred crossed eastbound Wales and west-central England, determination is imaginable close crossed this highlighted portion for immoderate places to spot 40-70 mm successful 2-3 hours, with a accidental that a fewer places could person 80-100 mm done the people of the day.

"Southwest England looks apt to spot immoderate dense rainfall during the aboriginal hours of Sunday morning, breaking up into slow-moving, dense and successful places thundery downpours during the time time. Meanwhile, the areas of dense rainfall are apt to proceed pushing northbound and west, becoming dilatory moving crossed immoderate bluish and perchance eastbound reaches of the informing country during the remainder of Sunday."

Residents successful the affected areas person been urged to hole a flood program and an exigency flood kit, and ever support up to day with the latest updates successful their section areas, particularly erstwhile driving. Thunderstorms and dense showers struck parts of the state connected Saturdays, with roads flooded and immoderate homes damaged by lightning, arsenic forecasters warned of further unsettled upwind implicit the coming days.

The Met Office has besides issued different yellowish informing for rainfall from midnight connected Monday until the extremity of the day. The upwind work said dense rainfall could origin immoderate disruption crossed parts of the Midlands, northeast England and eastbound Wales. The informing reads: "Areas of of dense rainfall are expected to impact galore parts of England and Wales during Monday.

"There is inactive immoderate uncertainty regarding which areas volition beryllium affected by the heaviest rain, but astatine this signifier parts of the Midlands, northeast England and eastbound Wales look astir apt to spot the top accumulations. However, anyplace wrong the informing country could person impactful rainfall done the people of Monday.

"There is imaginable that 30-50 mm could make successful immoderate portion of the informing area, overmuch of which could autumn successful six hours oregon less. Some locations could spot 80-100 mm implicit the people of 12 to 24 hours."

Overnight:

Showers easing for a clip with wide spells, though staying cloudy with mist patches successful the northeast. Further heavy, thundery rainfall moves into the southbound done the aboriginal hours.

Sunday:

Heavy outbreaks of rainfall determination northwards done the greeting crossed confederate England and overmuch of Wales, turning thundery astatine times. Drier successful the northbound with sunnier spells successful the west.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Heavy rainfall apt crossed cardinal parts of England connected Monday with brighter spells for some. Calmer connected Tuesday a fewer showers possible. More wide bedewed and windy from mid-week.