When will it stop raining? Hour-by-hour weather forecast as torrential rain hits the North East

The North East is being pummelled by the remnants of Storm Miguel with the region facing HOURS of rain.

Spray and flooding on roads will probably making journey times longer is likely, meteorologists say.

Forecasters add bus and train services will probably be affected with journey times taking longer.

The remnants of Spanish Storm Miguel have brought grim conditions to parts of Britain as the area of low pressure heads north.

The heavy rain has already of the Durham Regatta and the first ever Seaham Food Festival.

Met Office forecaster Richard Miles said: "It's looking quite unsettled over the weekend.

"On Saturday it'll be pretty windy, you might see gale force gusts on the south coast but inland much weaker winds.

"You might hear about Storm Miguel, which is a low pressure system named by the Spanish Met service. By the time the low pressure area gets to the UK it won't meet our criteria but our weather will still be being driven by what remains of that."

Newcastle

Saturday

11am-3pm - Heavy rain, 11C, 24mph winds

3pm-6pm - Moderate chance of rain, 12C, 21mph winds

7pm-9pm - High chance of rain, 12C, 17mph winds

9pm-midnight - cloudy, 11C, 15mph winds

Sunday

midnight - 5am - Cloudy, 11C, 14mph winds

5am-9am - Sunny intervals, 12C, 16mph winds

9am-noon - Sunny intervals, 14C, 20mph winds

Noon-5pm - Heavy showers, 15C, 18mph winds

5pm-10pm - Sunshine with cloudy intervals, 15C, 15mph winds

10pm-midnight - Clear skies, 12C, 12mph winds

Heavy rain in Newcastle City Centre (Newcastle Chronicle)

Northumberland

Saturday

11am-7pm - Heavy rain, 10C, 26mph winds

7pm-10am - cloudy, 11C, 14mph winds

10pm-midnight - 10C, 18mph winds

Sunday

Midnight-6am - Cloudy, 10C, 17mph winds

6am-8am - Cloudy with sunny intervals, 11C, 16mph winds

8am-4pm - Cloudy with low chance of rain, 15C, 22mph winds

4pm-7pm - Cloudy with sunny intervals. 15C, 22mph winds

7pm-10pm - Cloudy with sunny intervals, 13C, 17mph winds

10pm-midnight 0 Clear skies, 10C, 14mph winds

Sunderland

Saturday

11am-4pm - Heavy rain, 11C, 24mph winds

4pm-8pm - Overcast, 12C, 24mph winds

8pm-9pm - Moderate chance of rain, 12C, 20mph winds

9pm-midnight - Cloudy, 12C, 17mph winds

Sunday

Midnight-5am - Cloudy, 11C, 16mph winds

5am-8am - Sunny intervals, 13C, 15mph winds

8am-11am - Sunny intervals, 15C, 18mph winds

11am-5pm - High chance of heavy rain, 16C, 16mph winds

5pm-10pm - Sunny intervals, 15C, 12mph winds

10pm-midnight - cloudy, 12C, 11mph winds