Gloucestershire is among more than 45 regions across the United Kingdom set to experience significant rainfall on Wednesday, according to the latest Met Office weather maps. These maps, predominantly shaded in blue, indicate widespread rain affecting millions of people from Scotland, through the Midlands, and into Wales on 2 September.
Northern areas of the UK, particularly between Manchester and Glasgow, face the heaviest downpours, with segments of the maps displaying orange and yellow hues that signal more intense rainfall. The Met Office forecasts suggest that most English regions impacted will receive between 0.5mm and 1mm of rain per hour, while some locations in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales could see precipitation levels reaching up to 8mm.
This band of heavy rain will follow showers already expected on Tuesday, which the Met Office anticipates will affect 21 areas. The official forecast for Wednesday through Friday states: “Remaining changeable with showers or longer spells of rain for most, although some drier and brighter spells also developing. Temperatures near normal for early September, although often mild by night.”
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These developments come in the wake of a changeable Bank Holiday weekend marked by a mixture of sunshine and increasingly heavy showers, accompanied by thunder in certain locations. Last week, the Met Office issued yellow thunderstorm warnings covering dozens of areas, alerting millions to potential flooding and power outages.
Further rainfall is anticipated throughout the remainder of the week and into September, with heavy showers likely to continue in Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern England, and western Wales.
Regions forecasted to be affected include:
England: Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey
Scotland: West Lothian, Mid Lothian, East Lothian, Lanarkshire, Berwickshire, Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Roxburghshire, Wigtonshire
Northern Ireland: Londonderry, Antrim, Tyrone, Monaghan, Armagh, Down
Wales: Anglesey, Caernafonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire