Wild weather looks set to stick around until the weekend, as the Met Office warns of downpours and gales every day this week.

First up is an active frontal system associated with an Atlantic depression pushing in from the west later today (Monday). This front will become slow-moving, allowing pulses of heavy and sometimes thundery rain to spread northwards before finally clearing northeastwards on Wednesday.

A spokesman for he Met Office said: "Precise timings of these periods of heavy rain remain uncertain, and there are also likely to be some drier intervals within this warning period.

"The strong southerly winds, reaching gale force in places, will enhance rainfall over south-facing slopes and hills, where totals of more than 60mm in 36 hours are likely. 20-40 mm will fall more widely.

"The rainfall is likely to cause some minor flooding from either surface water or from rivers."

A developing frontal system is expected to bring another period of persistent, and at times heavy, rain to parts of the UK later on Thursday and into Friday.

Rain is likely to be accompanied by strong and gusty winds.

The public should be aware of the risk of localised flooding, this perhaps exacerbated by fallen leaves blocking drainage courses.
 Rain is expected to become persistent and heavy at times, particularly over south-facing hills. Many places may well see 20-30 mm during the day, with as much as 50-70 mm over higher ground.

With this bout of heavy rain coming after what is expected to be a wet week, localised flooding is a possibility either from surface water or from some rivers.

The spokesman added: "There is still a large degree of uncertainty regarding the track and timing of this system, so this warning will be updated in the coming days to hone the areas most at risk from significant precipitation totals."