Amber rain warning for parts of UK as 50-60mm of rain expected

The Met Office has issued weather warnings for rain as an area of low pressure will bring heavy rain to the UK tonight (September 26).

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00:00Hi there, further spells of heavy and persistent rain are expected across multiple parts of

00:05the country over the next 24 hours with yellow warnings in force and now an amber warning

00:09has been issued for parts of central England given the heavy thundery showers that we saw

00:14at the weekend. Further rain expected during the rest of Thursday and into the start of

00:18Friday. This frontal system at the moment bringing persistent wet weather across northern

00:22England and Northern Ireland and some very strong winds, notably gusty for parts of north

00:27west England, north Wales. 50-60 mph wind gusts could cause some issues on certain roads

00:32such as the A66. That swathe of 60-70 mph wind gusts moved south overnight bringing

00:40some lively weather to parts of Cornwall during the early hours. But as it clears we will

00:46see colder winds set in. Now, it's going to be feeling cold across northern and central

00:51Scotland through the rest of Thursday although brighter skies here with a few showers. Also

00:55feeling cold under the wet and windy weather across Northern Ireland and Northern England.

00:59The rain continuing to mount up here could be some issues come rush hour. There will

01:03be some sunnier spells across the south, 17 or 18 Celsius here, but slow moving heavy

01:10and thundery showers will develop and these will become particularly lively through Wales,

01:15the Midlands, East Anglia during the evening and as the main frontal system sinks south

01:20it all converges and sticks around for several hours and that's why it's across central England

01:26where the greatest risk of flooding is overnight with an amber warning in force and the risk

01:33of transport disruption by Friday morning as well. A mild start because of all the wet

01:38weather in the south, a colder start further north where we've got those northerly winds.

01:44Those northerly winds mean that actually sheltered parts of central Scotland don't see much rainfall

01:48at all over the next 24 hours, but these are the 24-hour rainfall totals up to Friday

01:52morning. 50mm widely for parts of eastern Northern Ireland and north-east England, 80mm

01:58over some east-facing hills such as the North York Moors, but you can see this sway through

02:03Wales into the Midlands, central England and Norfolk where there's the risk of 50-60mm

02:10of rain. Much of that falling in just a few hours through the evening and overnight and

02:17of course coming on top of the very wet weather that we saw over the weekend.