The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings across the UK for Sunday and Monday

The Met Office has issued weather warnings for heavy rain and thunderstorms across the UK.

Across the north of the country, including Greater Manchester, a yellow weather warning for rain is in place on Sunday (July 20). The warning runs from 11am to 10pm, as the region will likely experience showery rain, which could sometimes be heavy and perhaps thundery.

The Met Office says: “Showery outbreaks of rain, heavy and perhaps thundery in places, will move northwestwards from late Sunday morning and through the afternoon before gradually easing during the evening. Accumulations of 10-20 mm are expected fairly widely, with a few places potentially receiving as much as 40 mm, much of this falling in just a few hours. This could lead to some surface water flooding.”

The rain may cause some localised surface water flooding on Sunday, the Met Office warns.

There are also yellow weather warnings for Sunday across large areas of the UK.

Most of Scotland is under a yellow weather warning for rain, which was in place since 6pm on Saturday until 12pm on Sunday afternoon.

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Meanwhile, large parts of southern Scotland, including Glasgow and Edinburgh, are under a yellow warning for thunderstorms from noon until 10pm on Sunday.

The Met Office says the yellow thunderstorm warning indicates heavy showers and thunderstorms that may lead to flooding and disruption in a few places.

Wales and parts of the south west of England continue to be under a yellow thunderstorm warning, which will run until 10pm on Sunday.

The Met Office has also issued yellow weather warnings for Northern Ireland, with the east of the country expecting heavy rain from 6pm Sunday to 6pm on Monday.

The west of Northern Ireland is under a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms from noon until 8pm on Sunday.

On Monday (July 21), large parts of the UK will continue under yellow weather warnings.

From 11am until 9pm on Monday, a yellow thunderstorm warning will be in place for most of the UK mainland, from Scotland all the way down to Oxford, sparing only parts of Wales and the south east.

A similar yellow thunderstorm warning will be in place for the south east of the country from 3am until 9pm on Monday.

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