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Met Office issues warning for heavy downpours & urges Brits to prepare ‘emergency flooding kit’ – check map of locations
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THE MET Office has issued a warning for heavy downpours and has urged Brits to prepare emergency kits in case of floods.
A yellow warning has also been put in place from 9pm on Monday night for parts of the UK where rainfall of up to 60mm is expected.
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Conditions are expected to turn wet overnight for much of north west Scotland, alongside "very gusty and blustery" winds.
Met Office Meteorologist Alex Deakin said most of the UK would experience a "pretty dry week", although added that rain would hit on Tuesday across parts of the country.
He said: "The winds though are really picking up across the far north west, getting very gusty and blustery across north west Scotland with that rain coming in and intensifying through this evening
"Not very pleasant at all.
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"That rain will spread across Northern Ireland and then really pep up across parts of south west Scotland overnight and into Tuesday morning."
This led to the forecaster's yellow warning for the region, which could see 30mm of rain widespread in the area.
The warning, from 11pm on Monday to 1pm on Tuesday, also states that rainfall as high as 40-60mm could be experienced over hills.
Tonight will see periods of heavy rain across Northern Ireland and Scotland spreading into northern England and west Wales later, the Met Office added.
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By Tuesday a band of rain moves east across England and Wales, though it will stay dry in eastern England until the evening.
Brighter spells and heavy showers will be seen further north.
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Meteorologist Kathryn Chalk said: "It will be a largely fine, dry day across much of England and Wales through Monday.
"But turning increasingly wet and windy in the northwest so a chilly and bright start out there across the southeast of England.
"We'll see this cloud across central parts of England and the south moving its way through so turning cloudier through the afternoon.
"Behind that some hazy spells of sunshine across parts of Wales and the southwest of England but turning increasingly unsettled across Northern Ireland and western parts of Scotland.
"Some strong winds coming through as well as coastal gales with gusts of 50 to 60mph and some very heavy spells of rain moving through.
"As for temperatures, actually here we'll see the highest temperatures so highs of up to 10 or 11°C.
"As we got through Monday evening then heavy spells of rains and strong winds will further move into Northern Ireland and much of Scotland and northern England."
It comes after Storm Éowyn brought very strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK.
The highest gust of 100mph at Drumalbin in Scotland was the eleventh highest maximum gust since the Met Office started naming storms in 2015.
More than 100,000 properties were left without power, with further disruption caused by road and rail closures, fallen trees and damage to buildings.
Another low-pressure system then moved in bringing yellow warnings for rain and wind.
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The system was named as Storm Herminia by the Spanish Meteorological Service with more significant impacts seen in Spain and France.
The system did not meet the criteria to be named by the Met Office’s storm naming group, which includes Met Eireann and KNMI.
UK 5 day weather forecast
Today:
Mostly dry in England and Wales with sunshine in places once low cloud and fog clears. Staying cloudier with light showers in eastern England.
Windy in Scotland and Northern Ireland with coastal gales and occasional rain, heaviest in the northwest.
Tonight:
Periods of heavy rain across Northern Ireland and Scotland, spreading into northern England and west Wales later.
Windy for many with coastal gales. Staying dry further south and east. Mild.
Tuesday:
A band of rain moves east across England and Wales, though staying dry in eastern England until the evening. Brighter spells and heavy showers further north. Windy with coastal gales.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Blustery showers in Scotland on Wednesday, these wintry at times.
Otherwise a dry end to the week with some sunshine at times but feeling colder with widespread overnight frosts.
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