UK weather maps show huge rainstorm set to soak Brits in 10mm an hour in matter of days

The UK is acceptable for much dense rainfall aft Storm Ashley with up to 10mm an hr falling which coincides with a driblet successful temperatures arsenic colder aerial starts moving down from the north

Brits are acceptable for a battered by driving rainfall with a deluge acceptable to autumn this week after Storm Ashley.

As the fierce winds dice down and the showers easiness implicit the coming days with a precocious unit acceptable to dominate, it volition not past with much rainfall clouds driving successful connected Friday. And the showers volition autumn connected already saturated onshore with presently much than 100 flood warnings successful spot from Storm Ashley.

The Met Office said winds volition driblet arsenic Storm Ashley moves north-east connected Monday, with a premix of scattered showers and sunny spells expected successful its wake. More predominant rainfall whitethorn beryllium expected successful the south-east. The weather is apt to crook “unsettled” aboriginal successful the week, bringing imaginable dense rainfall and beardown winds erstwhile more.

The frontal strategy tin beryllium seen approaching from the Atlantic and maps from WXCharts amusement a wide of rainfall clouds implicit cardinal and eastbound parts of the UK successful the aboriginal hours of Friday morning. It predicts that we could spot up to 10mm of rainfall falling an hr astir midnight connected Thursday with the worst affected areas successful the acold southbound astir Southampton.

And past a representation for 3am connected Friday shows rainfall falling up to 5mm an hr which is much wide crossed cardinal and eastbound parts of England. BBC upwind forecaster Ben Rich said that temperatures are besides expected to driblet aft a mild spell successful midweek.

“As this upwind beforehand sweeps its mode eastwards done Thursday nighttime and into Friday down it we bash commencement to alteration the upwind direction, the upwind starting to determination down from the northbound oregon the northwest,” helium said. “This is not an Arctic blast oregon thing similar that, it is conscionable going to consciousness a small spot cooler for the extremity of the week, a premix of sunshine and showers, I deliberation temperatures 11C to 14C truly wherever we should beryllium astatine this clip of year.”

A forecast from the Met Office states: “Morning fog volition wide connected Wednesday to permission a agleam time for many. Starting settled connected Thursday, but gradually turning wetter and winder from the westbound done into Friday.”

Then further up from Saturday, October 25, to Friday, November 3, the nationalist bureau said: "Cloud and outbreaks of rainfall volition astir apt wide to the North Sea connected Friday, allowing a colder northwesterly travel to develop, with a substance of sunny spells and showers.

"Some longer spells of rainfall whitethorn dispersed erratically southeastwards crossed parts of the UK astatine the commencement of the weekend, particularly successful the northbound and possibly accompanied by windy conditions, but with a inclination for precocious unit to physique adjacent to the UK aboriginal successful the play and beyond into aboriginal November. This should connection immoderate longer drier spells of weather, with an accrued accidental of frost and fog, which could beryllium dilatory to wide successful places. However, it whitethorn stay alternatively breezy oregon windy astatine times successful the northwest, with immoderate occasional outbreaks of rainfall here."