Met Office names areas facing heavy rain on Friday with downpours in 10 counties

Met Office names areas facing heavy rain on Friday with downpours in 10 counties Met Office weather forecasters say heavy rain is on the cards in some regions on Friday, while the BBC says the showers could turn thundery at times Heavy rain is coming to some parts of the UK on Friday, the Met Office says. The national weather agency also says temperatures are expected to drop compared to today and remain below the seasonal average. Highs of 20C are on the cards in southern and eastern England, dropping to 16-17C in northern areas. The Met Office has also shared a rainfall totals map for Friday showing exactly which areas will be wettest, with the heaviest showers expected in Wales and the south-west of England. In this afternoon’s Met Office video forecast, meteorologist Aidan McGivern explains: “Fewer showers all in all [on Friday] and some places not getting any at all. But there will be some around the east coast, and more especially in parts of Wales and the south-west - that’s where the most frequent and heavy downpours will be. “We start off with showers across Wales and south-west England, a few for Northern Ireland, and further showers pushing into eastern Scotland and eastern England through the day. “Widely temperatures are going to be below average, a couple of degrees lower than Thursday, and a few degrees below the seasonal average.” The Met Office maps suggest heavy rain will fall in 10 counties on Friday. They are all in Wales or the south-west of England. Counties facing heavy rain on Friday Wales - Flintshire - Denbighshire - Ceredigion - Brecknockshire - Glamorgan - Monmouthshire - Carmarthenshire England - Herefordshire - Gloucestershire - Somerset BBC Weather forecast BBC Weather suggests showers could turn thundery in Wales and England tomorrow. The BBC forecast states: “Tomorrow, England and Wales will see sunny spells and showers, these locally heavy and thundery. Northern Ireland and Scotland will be drier with variable cloud. “Saturday will be a drier day for many with sunshine for most in England and Wales, but there will be the occasional shower in the south-west. Scotland will be cloudier with the odd light shower locally. “On Sunday, cloudy in the north with light rain in western Scotland. Southern areas will be dry with sunshine.”