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Dave Burke

Met Office issues warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms with risk of flooding across UK

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for large swathes of the UK.

Forecasters have warned about thunderstorms, stating: "Heavy, slow-moving showers, some thundery, may cause travel disruption and flooding in a few places."

Warnings are in place until 9pm tomorrow, covering large parts of Scotland, Northern England, and now the East Midlands and Northern Ireland.

A further yellow warning is in place covering the West Midlands between midnight and 9pm tomorrow.

Forecasters said some areas could be lashed by 20 to 30mm of rain over the space of an hour on Saturday after 40 to 60mm of rain fell in parts on Friday.

Large parts of the UK after affected by the yellow morning (Met Office)

Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said: "The reason for this is low pressure is in charge of the UK's weather at the moment - it's a very slow-moving area of low pressure, so it's not going anywhere quickly.

"It's leading to bands of heavy showers and thunderstorms which you have seen through the course of Friday, and we have seen flooding in places too.

"This is going to continue through the weekend, particularly across the northern half of the UK where the showers will be slow-moving compared to southern areas, where it's a little bit windier."

While there will be sunny spells among the showers, temperatures are set to be on the cooler side for this time of year, predicted to be in the high teens to low 20s.

Some areas will be lashed by up to 30mm of rain, forecasters warned (Getty)

Conditions on Sunday are set to be similar, with further downpours forecast for central and northern areas of the UK, more weather warnings expected and temperatures peaking at 21C to 22C.

Southern parts of England and Wales will be drier until later in the day, when heavy rain showers will move in for the evening, according to forecasters.

Sunshine and further heavy showers are forecast for Monday but are expected to ease for a drier and brighter Tuesday.

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