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BRITS are braced for a weekend of heavy rain as the aftermath of Hurricane Oscar is due to hit these shores tomorrow.
Today will also see some rain across the north and east while southwest parts can expect windy conditions.
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A weakening band of rain is due to move north and east across England and Wales, with low cloud and mist ahead of it.
Northern Ireland can also expect patchy rain, according to the Met Office.
But there will be bright intervals and showers following on behind.
It will remain mild in the far southwest parts of England but it will be windy.
Overnight, rain will slowly clear from most areas, apart from the far northwest.
It will be mostly dry elsewhere with light winds and clear spells which will allow patchy mist and fog to form, particularly across central and eastern areas.
Into Saturday and locally heavy rain will move east across northern areas.
Further south, it will be drier but also see a few showers along with bright or sunny spells, after any early mist and fog has cleared.
Sunday will be mostly dry at first, but locally heavy rain then moves southeast into Monday.
The most severe downpours are expected on Sunday, with areas such as Cumbria and Lancashire the worst affected where more than 13mm of rain could hit in a space of just three hours.
It will be drier and more settled on Tuesday but rather cloudy for all.
Temperatures are forecast to remain near average throughout.
Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern said: “Through the weekend we’re likely to see these systems move in from the west.
“One of the systems, later into Saturday and into Sunday, contains the remnants of tropical storm Oscar.
“It’s not a tropical storm at this stage but its tropical origins, adds to the uncertainty through the weekend in terms of timings and speeds but does contain some additional moisture so could end up with quite a wet spell across western and especially northwestern parts of the UK.”
He added: “This weekend is likely to be very mixed, in other words.
The Met Office’s long-range forecast
October 29 to November 7
The Met Office says: “High pressure will dominate through much of next week, bringing widely settled conditions but probably with a fair amount of low cloud, producing spots of rain or drizzle at times.
“There will also be an increased chance of frost and fog, which may be slow to clear in places.
“The far north/northwest may experience breezier conditions and some outbreaks of rain at times, and there may be a tendency for this to push a little farther south later in the week, potentially allowing some colder air to filter into parts of Scotland with perhaps some snow over high ground.
“Otherwise, high pressure will tend to dominate for much of the rest of this period across more southern, and perhaps central, areas, with a continuation of drier than average conditions likely.”
“We’re going to see weather systems move in, not just one but a few from the west and those weather systems are likely to mount up the rainfall across western and northwestern parts of the country, especially over hills.
“Those uncertainties continue into the start of next week.”
Hurricane Oscar left at least six people dead in Cuba as it made landfall as a category one hurricane earlier this week.
Since then it has weakened in strength as it moved eastwards.
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