Met office issues yellow weather warnings for parts of UK

The Met Office has issued yellow rain warnings for parts of the UK today (October 16).

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00:00A very warm day for some, a very wet day for others.

00:04After all, a pretty humid feel, all thanks to southerly winds.

00:08The big picture shows the UK smothered in clouds.

00:12We've got a large area of high pressure sitting to the east,

00:15but ambling away.

00:16Low pressure systems sitting to the west,

00:18and that's generating southerly winds.

00:20They're bringing the warmth and the humidity.

00:23But with these weather fronts injecting the moisture,

00:26they're also bringing some pretty heavy downpours.

00:28We've seen some very wet conditions already.

00:31Met Office yellow warnings in place.

00:33Heavy rain extending north into parts of northern England

00:36and parts of eastern Scotland,

00:38also looking pretty soggy this afternoon.

00:40Not everywhere seeing the torrential rain,

00:43but pockets of very heavy rain

00:45that could cause some issues, some local flooding,

00:49and certainly some disruption to the transport network.

00:51Much of western Scotland staying dry.

00:53Actually, a largely dry but cloudy afternoon

00:56in Northern Ireland.

00:56It's eastern England where we're seeing

00:59the driest and brightest weather.

01:01Some sunshine here.

01:02Likely to see temperatures top out at 20, 21,

01:05maybe even 22 degrees Celsius.

01:08Not unprecedented for October,

01:09but still pretty warm for the middle of the month.

01:12And even where it's raining,

01:13temperatures 17, 18 degrees,

01:15that humid feel likely to continue.

01:18And the wet weather will continue

01:20through the evening and overnight.

01:21There's warnings in place into the evening as well,

01:24as the rain pushes again into parts of northern England.

01:27Then into eastern Scotland.

01:28Eventually, we'll see some rain this evening

01:30across eastern England,

01:31but tending to clear away from the west.

01:34So by dawn, northern Ireland, Wales,

01:36southwest England should start to see some clearer skies.