Wet and windy: 'A fifth of month's rainfall' due to hit UK on Monday
The north can expect heavy rain, hill snow and strong winds while the south will be hit by showers.
Saturday 4 February 2017 21:31, UK
Most of Britain will be faced with heavy rainfall on Monday, as up to a fifth of a month's rain is set to fall in just one day.
The West, Wales and the North West through to the South West are among the areas that will be worst hit.
The band of wet weather - which will be moving in from the Atlantic and heading slowly eastwards - could cause up to 20mm of rain and gusts of around 50mph in the West and up to 60mph in Scotland.
The Met Office's Emma Sillitoe said she expected "about a fifth of rainfall for the month in one day".
The long-term average rainfall for much of western Britain in February, except on higher ground, is 100mm.
Chris England, Paste BN weather producer, said: "Monday will bring some heavy rain into the UK, especially Northern Ireland and western Scotland.
"The fronts will be quite slow moving, so some fairly significant rainfall totals are likely.
"With the ground already fairly wet, there will be the risk of some local flooding."
By the end of the weekend it will become colder, with the rain and wind mostly moving away by Tuesday, although it will linger around the east coast.