Hampshire regions are likely to see more showers today and tomorrow (Monday-Tuesday), but the summer weather is expected to return by Wednesday.

Following a weekend of downpours, some sunshine will force its way through cloud and rain in the early part of this week.

Southern parts of the country should see some typical summer weather by Wednesday.

Northern England and southern Scotland got the worst of the weekend washout.

The village of Salsburgh had seen the highest rainfall totals in Scotland by 8pm on Sunday, recording 38.2mm – about two weeks’ worth of rain.

In England, Spadeadam in Cumbria saw 56.6mm by the same time, again about a fortnight’s worth of rain.

The majority of the weather warnings for thunderstorms that covered the north of England, all of Scotland and Northern Ireland have now expired, but with an ongoing risk in eastern and central Scotland.

The Met Office said there was a risk of sudden flooding and standing water causing difficult driving conditions, as well as delays and cancellations to public services.

There is also a risk of damage to property from lightning strikes and flooding, as well as a slight chance of power cuts.

There are 16 flood alerts in place in Scotland, including in Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh and Lothian and Fife.

The Scottish Borders, Skye and Lochaber, West Central Scotland and Wester Ross also have alerts in force.

In England, there are four flood alerts covering the River Leen and Day Brook in Nottinghamshire, the upper River Aire in Yorkshire, the upper River Wey in the South East and Western Rother in Hampshire and Sussex.

The Met Office said higher pressure will start to build from the west on Tuesday, bringing more settled conditions for many places by midweek.

Meteorologist Craig Snell said: “For a lot of the UK tomorrow it will be like what we have seen over the weekend – plenty of showers around and some of those showers will be heavy.”

He added: “As we head towards the middle of the week, the showers do take a bit of a step back and we generally turn a little bit drier for most as we go into Tuesday.

“There will be some showers around across northern and eastern parts but they won’t be as impactful as they have been.”

Mr Snell continued: “Certainly down in the southern half of the UK, we certainly might have a good few decent days towards the second half of the week, where we will replace the showers with some sunshine and some warmer temperatures.

“So it turns into a bit of a north-south split as we go through this week but I think for all of us the heavy rain will have passed.”

 

 

 

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