Hour-by-hour Met Office forecast as severe weather set to batter Merseyside

The Met Office has issued a weather warning for torrential rain in the Merseyside area , potentially lasting for as long as 16 hours.

The yellow weather warning comes into effect this evening (August 12) at 6pm - when heavy rain is set to hit the city.

However, the severe weather will only finish at 10am tomorrow (August 13).

Heavy rain makes difficult driving conditions (LIVERPOOL ECHO)

The forecasters are expecting heavy rain to lead to some flooding and travel disruption.

They said: "Heavy showers are likely to develop over the Irish Sea and move into parts of northwest England and northeast Wales through the evening and overnight.

"There is the potential for these to form into bands such that some locations could see heavy rain for several hours and perhaps 30-40mm of rain, while other areas remain largely dry.

(James Maloney)

"The greatest risk of larger amounts of rain is across the Merseyside and Lancashire coasts."

The Met Office also warned everyone in the region to expect flooding of a few homes and businesses, bus and train services to be affected and spray and flooding on roads.

Here is the hour-by-hour weather forecast for Merseyside during the weather warning.

Monday August 12

6pm-7pm: Sunny, 16°C

7pm-8pm : Light shower, 16°C

8pm-9pm: Light shower, 16°C

9pm-10pm: Partly cloudy, 15°C

10pm-11pm: Partly cloudy, 14°C

11pm-12am: Light shower, 14°C

Waves whipped up by the wind lash against the sea wall in New Brighton, (Getty Images Europe)

Tuesday August 13

12am-1am: Heavy shower, 13°C

1am-2am: Heavy shower, 13°C

2am-3am: Light shower, 13°C

3am-4am: Light shower, 14°C

4am-5am: Light shower, 13°C

5am-6am: Light shower, 13°C

6am-7am: Light shower, 13°C

7am-8am: Sunny intervals, 13°C

8am-9am: Sunny intervals, 13°C°

9am-10am: Light shower, 14°C