UK weather forecast: A bright start and warm afternoon turns into downpours in the north

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Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox If you were looking forward to a day of settled weather and warm early autumn temperatures, then you’ll be half-satisfied with the outlook for today (Wednesday, October 6).

After the last few days of torrential rain have caused flooding across London and parts of the north, it will probably be a relief to wake up and see clear skies across much of the UK in the early part of the day.

However, the Met Office forecast that things will take a turn for the worse after lunchtime, with bad weather moving in from the Atlantic to drench much of the country. READ MORE: Controversial plans to build 550 new houses on Rochdale greenfield lodged For more detail