The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for rain with flooding and disruption expected as up to 40mm will fall in places.
Covering South West England from 6am to 6pm on Sunday (February), the first warning says there could be downpours of up to 4cm in few places.
The warning reads: “Rain is expected to move north-eastwards across parts of south-west England on Sunday morning, persisting through much of the day before slowly dying out later in the afternoon.”
It adds 15mm to 25mm of rain is “likely quite widely” and up to 40mm in a few places, and that “with saturated ground, this may lead to some flooding and disruption”.
The Environment Agency had issued 57 flood warnings and 188 flood alerts in England by Saturday morning.
Persistent rain is also on the cards for London and South East England with a yellow rain warning running from 3pm on Sunday to 9am on Monday (February 26). It warns of widespread downpours ranging from 15mm-25mm and up to 40mm locally.
The warning reads: “Rain is expected to arrive across Sussex and Kent during Sunday afternoon, persisting through the night before slowly clearing on Monday morning.”
Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst urged people to take care if they are travelling through the day on Sunday across southern counties.
He added: “We are keeping an eye on this area of low pressure as it moves into southern counties of England and Wales over the course of Sunday and into Monday.
“It will bring some heavy rain and some strong winds as well. This rain is falling on saturated ground and could lead to some localised flooding problems.”
Mr Dewhurst said temperatures in Sunday are set to reach about 7C-9C and there should be generally light winds, but stuck under some cloud and with showers passing through it will feel chillier than the numbers suggest, particularly across southern areas where double figures are expected. The rain will push into the South East by the evening.
The latest weather maps from WX Charts show a large band of rain covering the South of England on Sunday, with the wet weather moving southwards by midday on Monday.
Areas covered by the Met Office yellow warning between 6am to 6pm on Sunday:
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Plymouth
Somerset
Torbay
Areas covered by the Met Office yellow warning from 3pm on Sunday to 9am on Monday (February 26):
East Sussex
Greater London
Kent
Medway
Surrey
Met Office UK five day weather forecast
Saturday, February 24 – Wednesday, February 28
Headline: Showers dying out tonight, rain arriving in the southwest later.
This evening and tonight: Most of the showers will die out during the early evening, leaving a largely dry night with clear spells. Winds falling light for most. Some fog and frost patches forming. Rain arriving and winds strengthening in the southwest later.
Sunday: Fog and frost clearing to leave most areas with sunny spells and a few showers. However, wet and windy weather in the southwest will gradually spread to other southern areas.
Outlook for Monday to Wednesday: Wind and rain clearing from southeast England on Monday. Otherwise mostly fine, though breezy. Rain spreading southeast on Tuesday, then brighter. Showers in the north. More rain in west later.
