Yellow rain warning
Information on update: Start time pushed back to 09:00. Some updates to further details, including a small chance of 60mph gusts on exposed coasts. Following some rain on Wednesday, then a bit of a lull for most areas early Thursday morning, heavier rain is expected to return across southern counties of England from mid-morning onwards. This has potential to cause some disruption to travel, along the with the possibility of some flooding.
Widely 15-25 mm is likely across the warning area, but 40-50 mm may fall in some places, most likely over the Downs. In addition, the rain will be accompanied by strong winds, with a chance of gusts approaching 60 mph on exposed southern coasts, and 40-50mph possible inland.
Rain will clear to the east by the end of the day..
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Dec 18, 2025 09:00
Until: Dec 18, 2025 21:00
Yellow rain warning
Some heavy rain will affect southern counties of England during Thursday, perhaps causing some disruption to travel, along the with the possibility of some flooding.
Widely 15-25 mm is likely across the warning area, but 40-60 mm may fall in some places, most likely over the Downs.
Rain will clear to the east by the end of the day.
Strong winds, perhaps gusting in excess of 50 mph in some exposed coastal areas, will accompany the rain, perhaps exacerabating the impacts in a few places.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Dec 18, 2025 00:00
Until: Dec 18, 2025 21:00
Yellow rain warning
Information on update: Updates to warning area and further details. An area of heavy rain will move in from the west late on Sunday evening, becoming widespread across the region early Monday, before clearing to the east Monday night.
Rainfall accumulations will vary across the region, but 20-30 mm of rain is expected to accumulate quite widely. As much as 50-80 mm could build up across areas of high ground in southwest England and Wales, with very locally 80-120 mm possible for parts of south Wales and Eryri.
Strong south to southwesterly winds will also accompany the heavy rain, with gales possible around coasts and over high ground.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Dec 01, 2025 00:00
Until: Dec 02, 2025 03:00
Yellow rain warning
Information on update: Extending the area affected and the end time of the warning. An area of heavy rain will move in from the west late on Sunday evening, becoming widespread across the region early Monday, before clearing to the east Monday night.
Rainfall accumulations will vary across the region, but 20-30 mm of rain may accumulate quite widely. As much as 60-80 mm of rain could build up across the high ground of Dartmoor, and perhaps 40-50 mm of rain could accumulate across the higher parts of Exmoor, Dorset, the Mendips and Cotswolds.
Strong south to southwesterly winds will accompany the rainfall, particularly near English Channel coasts.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Dec 01, 2025 00:00
Until: Dec 02, 2025 03:00
Yellow rain warning
A complex area of low pressure over the mid-Atlantic early this week is expected to move towards the UK whilst deepening, but confidence in the details of its track and intensity as it crosses the UK remains fairly low.
Despite these uncertainties, there is at least a medium likelihood that an extensive, and in places heavy swathe of rain will move into southwestern Britain during Wednesday evening and spread quickly northeast, with totals by early Thursday morning of widely 20-30mm, and for some places 30-50mm. There is a small chance a few places could exceed this, most likely over North Devon and Cornwall and more generally in the east of the highlighted area.
In association with the rain, conditions are expected to turn windy with a chance of gales, initially along southern and eastern coasts, but more widely across southern Britain during Thursday daytime.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Oct 22, 2025 23:00
Until: Oct 23, 2025 20:00
Yellow rain warning
Information on update: Reference to Storm Benjamin, and some small changes to areas at greater risk of the higher totals mentioned in further details. Storm Benjamin is expected to cross the south of the UK later Wednesday and early Thursday; confidence in its track has improved compared to yesterday but still remains lower than usual for this type of weather system which leads to continued uncertainty over the corridor of highest rainfall totals.
That said, an extensive and in places heavy swathe of rain will move into southwestern Britain later Wednesday and spread quickly northeast, with totals by early Thursday morning of widely 20-30mm, and for some places 30-50mm. There is a chance a few places could exceed this, most likely over North Devon and Cornwall and also within a broad area encompassing Lincolnshire, Humberside, East Anglia and East Midlands.
In association with the rain, conditions are expected to turn windy with gales, initially along south-eastern coasts, but more widely across southern Britain during Thursday daytime.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Oct 22, 2025 23:00
Until: Oct 23, 2025 20:00
Yellow rain warning
Information on update: Warning removed from parts of East England to allow for higher impacts there. Warning end time also brought earlier. Storm Benjamin is expected to cross the south of the UK later Wednesday and early Thursday; confidence in its track has improved compared to yesterday but still remains lower than usual for this type of weather system which leads to continued uncertainty over the corridor of highest rainfall totals.
That said, an extensive and in places heavy swathe of rain will move into southwestern Britain later Wednesday and spread quickly northeast. As the main rainband clears eastward during Thursday, it will be followed by frequent heavy showers in some western areas. Totals are expected to reach 20-30 mm quite widely, with some places seeing 30-50 mm. There is a chance a few places could exceed this, most likely over North Devon and Cornwall.
In association with the rain, conditions are expected to turn windy with gales, initially along south-eastern coasts, but more widely across southern Britain during Thursday daytime.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Oct 22, 2025 23:00
Until: Oct 23, 2025 17:00
Yellow wind warning
Information on update: Warning updated to a higher likelihood of lower impacts and extended over a larger area of England and Wales. Strong west or southwesterly winds will arrive across coastal areas of southwest England and Wales during Sunday evening, then develop more widely inland during Monday morning. Gusts of 45-55 mph are expected widely inland, with gusts of 60-70 mph possible at times along exposed coasts and hills. Winds will only slowly ease from the west later in the afternoon and into Monday evening.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Sep 14, 2025 19:00
Until: Sep 15, 2025 17:00
Yellow rain warning
Information on update: Warning extended into parts of southeast England and trimmed from parts of Wales. Heavy rain and strong winds will move northeast through the first part of Wednesday, followed by heavy showers and some thunderstorms, these becoming more isolated through the afternoon.
Rainfall totals widely 20-30 mm, but some places could see 40-60 mm within a period of 6-9 hours.
Coastal gales are likely for a time, especially along English Channel coasts.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Sep 02, 2025 23:00
Until: Sep 03, 2025 13:00
Yellow rain warning
Heavy rain and strong winds will move northeast through the first part of Wednesday, followed by heavy showers and some thunderstorms, these becoming more isolated through the afternoon.
Rainfall totals widely 20-30 mm, but some places could see 40-60 mm within a period of 6-9 hours.
Coastal gales are likely for a time, especially along English Channel coasts.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Sep 02, 2025 23:00
Until: Sep 03, 2025 13:00
Yellow thunderstorm warning
Thunderstorms and heavy showers are expected to develop during Thursday morning and through the afternoon. These could produce torrential downpours in a few places with as much as 25-35 mm of rain falling within an hour and perhaps 60 mm within 2 hours. Frequent lightning and hail will be additional hazards.
Storms will tend to become more confined to the south and east of the warning area later in the afternoon before dying out during the evening.
For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings
From: Jul 31, 2025 09:00
Until: Jul 31, 2025 20:00
