UK weather forecast LIVE: Brits to be battered by torrential downpours & flooding as Met Office warns of midweek WASHOUT

BRITS could be soaked by torrential downpours & flooding this week as a wet weather system from the Atlantic barrels towards the UK.

Flood alerts are in place in Scotland as the nation prepares for a damp weather week of heavy rain and frosty winds.

A band of rain sweeping in from the west will see gales batter the coast from Tuesday, while thunder and lightning is likely later in the week.

Meteorologist Martin Bowles has warned “further wet and windy weather” is expected across the northwest from Monday evening, with the showers moving across the rest of the UK tomorrow.

The Met Office said of today’s weather: “Bands of rain or showers moving eastwards across many parts, heavy in the east with a chance of thunder in the afternoon. Drier and brighter in the west later.

In its outlook from Tuesday to Thursday the weather agency said: “Rain arriving into the West on Tuesday, fragmenting into showers by Wednesday, mainly dry elsewhere.

“Warm by Wednesday. Perhaps some thundery rain in the east on Thursday.”

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