UK weather: Is it going to stop raining in London? Forecasters say sun is on the way

Heavy rainfall resulted in some localised flooding in Gateacre, Liverpool, over the weekend (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Tess de La Mare9 August 2021

Torrential rain brought flooding to the capital on Saturday but Londoners are expected to experience warmer weather in the coming days with temperatures in the high 20s.

Tuesday will start “fine with sunshine,” according to the Met Office. Cloud will build in the afternoon with a chance of an isolated shower but the maximum temperature could still reach 23C.

Wednesday will be dry, with sunshine and light winds, while Thursday is also expected to be bright with some sunny spells.

But Londoners have been warned of possible showers later in the day on Thursday.

Elsewhere in England, the summer showers are set to continue this week with a lingering risk of flooding in some parts, particularly in Scotland.

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.

Cars going through flooding on the Great Western Road, near Drumchapel, after heavy rain in Glasgow on Saturday (@maryparker2605/PA)
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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.

Flooding in Walthamstow after heavy rain in London over the weekend (@StrangeViolet/PA)
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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.

In Wales there is one alert around the River Glaslyn and River Dwyryd from Dyffryn Ardudwy to Nant Gwynant.

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

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