The Met Office has issued several yellow weather warnings that could see nearly all of the UK battered by torrential rain and heavy winds.
These warnings will be in place for a total of 39 hours, starting on 3pm on Friday and ending at 6am on Sunday.
The Met Office said: “A deep low may cross England and Wales from Friday afternoon, clearing to the east Saturday night.
“The low may bring a period of strong winds to much of the warning area, with some heavy rain likely to the north and west of the low centre, and some hill snow in the north (above about 200 metres).
“Around 15-25 mm of rain may fall quite widely, more particularly across central, northern and western parts of England and Wales, with exposed higher ground in the north and west (particularly parts of Wales, which are at greatest risk of seeing flooding impacts) perhaps locally seeing closer to 50-70 mm.
“Winds may quite widely gust to around 40-50 mph inland but locally could gust in excess of 60 mph, whilst around coasts, winds may gust to 60-70 mph, perhaps locally nearer 80 mph. The wind and rain may cause disruption to travel, with difficult driving conditions likely.”
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