Brits face up to 100mm of rain this weekend as heavy downpours and cooler temperatures move in after days of record-breaking heat.
Forecasters say unsettled conditions will spread across the UK for most of this weekend and into next week.
Severe weather warnings for rain will be in place in parts of the country until Sunday afternoon, the Met Office said.
It comes as a stark contrast to the sizzling temperatures from the last few days, which saw what could go down as hottest day on record in the UK as the mercury soared above 38C.
Met Office spokesman Marco Patagna said the weekend weather will be “quite a contrast to the last few days".
“We have a rainfall warning out until tomorrow morning for southeast Scotland," he said.
“As you get into tomorrow most of parts of the UK are cloudy with outbreaks of rain.
“And there is another yellow rainfall warning from 9am until Sunday at 3am for Northern Ireland, south Scotland and the north and east of England.”
Mr Marco added the UK could see 40 to 60mm downpours on Saturday with local rural areas expecting up to 100mm.
“But tomorrow for west Wales, and southwest England, most of the day doesn’t look too bad,” he said. “There will be some sunshine in those areas.”
For Saturday, temperatures will range from 18 to 23C across the country.
Mr Marco said that on Sunday: “It stays pretty unsettled but the rain shifts more towards the west.
“Most of the rain will be across northern England, Wales, the Midlands and parts of the southeast.”
Sunday temperatures will stay around the high teens low 20s but might hit 24C in the southeast.
“Generally temperatures are closer to average than they have been recently,” Mr Marco said.
He said changeable conditions continue until later in the week when the UK can expect dryer weather, although temperatures remain cool.
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