A weather warning is in place for parts of the North East as the region is expected to see the worst of the downpours forcasted throught Monday.
A Yellow weather warning will be in place until 11.59pm today as forcasters predict that “areas of heavy rain” could cause some disruption throught the day.
Some areas could see 30-50mm of rainfall in less than six hours, while other locations could see 80-100mm over the course of 12 to 24 hours, the Met Office warns. It added that there is still “some uncertainty” regarding which areas will see the heaviest rain, however, “parts of the Midlands, northeast England and east Wales look most likely to see the greatest accumulations”.
The Met Office said: “Areas of of heavy rain are expected to affect many parts of England and Wales during Monday. There is still some uncertainty regarding which areas will be affected by the heaviest rain, but at this stage parts of the Midlands, northeast England and east Wales look most likely to see the greatest accumulations. However, anywhere within the warning area could have impactful rainfall through the course of Monday.”
Hour by hour forecast for Newcastle on September 23 and three-hourly forecast for September 24:
Monday:
6am: Overcast, 11°C, Chance of rain: 10%
7am: Overcast, 11°C, Chance of rain: 10%
8am: Overcast, 11°C, Chance of rain: 10%
9am: Overcast, 12°C, Chance of rain: 10%
10am: Overcast, 12°C, Chance of rain: 20%
11am: Overcast, 13°C, Chance of rain: 20%
12pm: Overcast, 13°C, Chance of rain: 20%
1pm: Overcast, 13°C, Chance of rain: 30%
2pm: Overcast, 13°C, Chance of rain: 40%
3pm: Overcast, 13°C, Chance of rain: 40%
4pm: Cloudy, 13°C, Chance of rain: 40%
5pm: Cloudy, 13°C, Chance of rain: 40%
6pm: Overcast, 12°C, Chance of rain: 40%
7pm: Overcast, 12°C, Chance of rain: 40%
8pm: Overcast, 12°C, Chance of rain: 40%
9pm: Overcast, 12°C, Chance of rain: 40%
10pm: Overcast, 11°C, Chance of rain: 30%
11pm: Overcast, 11°C, Chance of rain: 30%
Tuesday:
7am: Overcast, 10°C, Chance of rain: 20%
10am: Overcast, 12°C, Chance of rain: 40%
1pm: Light rain, 13°C, Chance of rain: 60%
4pm: Light rain, 13°C, Chance of rain: 80%
7pm: Light shower, 12°C, Chance of rain: 70%
10pm: Partly cloudy, 11°C, Chance of rain: 40%