Uk put on storm alert with heavy rain and 60mph gales 'just days away'

FORECASTERS ARE PREDICTING THAT THE UK COULD BE BATTERED BY STORMY WEATHER IN LESS THAN TWO WEEK'S TIME 19:02, 20 May 2025 Britain is set to be battered by heavy rain and strong gales

as the latest weather maps have turned dramatically red for June 2. WXCharts maps, which are prepared using the Met Desk data, predict that the unsettled conditions may impact most parts of

the country, reports Express.co.uk. According to the weather maps, places around Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, and London are likely to be the worst impacted by the heavy rains. READ

MORE: UK FACES 517-MILE WALL OF RAIN WITH SEVEN MAJOR CITIES IN ENGLAND HIT GET BREAKING NEWS ON BIRMINGHAMLIVE WHATSAPP , CLICK THE LINK TO JOIN The frequent showers will also lower the

temperatures to single digits, with most of the areas witnessing temperatures around 8- 9C, the maps suggest. The map comes days after Britain basked in warmer weather for several days.

According to the experts, it has been the driest spring for the UK in the past 69 years. On Friday, the Met Office announced that the UK had already recorded more sunshine hours so far this

spring than it did for the whole of summer last year. Deputy chief meteorologist Mark Sidaway said the high pressure moving off will bring "a change to more unsettled conditions, with

many areas seeing rain or showers, ending the prolonged dry spell." He added: "The change comes this weekend, with weather systems moving in from the Atlantic, arriving from the

west probably later on Friday and through Saturday. They will bring with them spells of rain, which may be heavy at times, with a risk of strong winds in places. "These conditions will

gradually spread across the UK on Saturday, with Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday likely seeing sunshine and showers." The Met Office’s long-range forecast between May 25 and June 3

reads: “A much more unsettled period than of late with the whole of the UK likely to see showers or some longer spells of rain, but also some drier and brighter interludes. “For Sunday and

Bank Holiday Monday it's likely a story of sunshine and showers. “The showers will be heavier and more frequent in the west where it may also be windy, especially across the northwest.

Article continues below “The east, especially the southeast may well see a good deal of dry weather. “The rest of the week then sees further frontal systems run into the UK, bringing more

widespread rain at times, but again some drier spells in-between these. “Temperatures will probably be close to average, perhaps slightly above at times, but will feel fairly cool in the

often strong winds.