BRITS are set to be battered by up to 40 hours of non-stop rain this week, the Met Office has revealed.
The forecaster predicts that downpours will wash out swathes of the UK over the course of two days.
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PAIt comes as wet and windy conditions pummelled Scotland last Wednesday, causing waves to crash off rocks in Lerwick[/caption]
PAWild conditions hit the coastline at Eshaness in Shetland last Wednesday[/caption]
The forecaster has also rolled out a yellow warning for thunderstorms in western Scotland until 9pm tonight, which could spark travel delays and floods.
A whopping 170mm of rain could drench areas of Argyll, Lochaber and Wester Ross.
“It turns colder across northern areas with showers, which will turn wintry at times especially over higher ground but potentially to lower levels too as the week progresses,” the Met Office said in a statement.
“There is a chance of wintry conditions developing more widely through the second half of next week as rain pushes up from the south for a time, but there is still uncertainty about the details of this.”
Forecasters added there was a “small chance” that homes and businesses could be flooded, and a “slight chance of delays or cancellations” to public transport.
Later this week, Londoners will be pummelled by heavy showers in the early hours of Wednesday, with rainfall predicted to continue for much of Thursday and Friday across the capital.
A Met Office spokesman said: “[It will be] mild, cloudy and windy Tuesday, culminating in a period of rain into early Wednesday.
“[It will become] fine but colder midweek with eventual sunny spells, ahead of a wetter and windier Thursday.”
Meanwhile, the Met Office has warned that white stuff could be on the way, as cold air pushes from the north and mild air moves in from the south.
They said: “Where the two meet, there is a chance we could see snow at times.
“Snow is most likely in the north, particularly during the second half of the week”.
It turns colder across northern areas with showers next week, the Met Office added.
These will become wintry at times especially over higher ground but potentially to lower levels too as the week progresses.
There is a chance of wintry conditions developing more widely through the second half of next week as rain pushes up from the south for a time.
Is your area affected today?
These are the regions covered by the yellow rain warning in Scotland:
Perth and Kinross
Stirling
Highland
Argyll and Bute
Inverclyde
North Ayrshire
Renfrewshire
West Dunbartonshire
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