Experts believe a dozen Scots areas will see rain on Tuesday, as millions of Brits will be soaked.
The Met Office believes more than 50 areas of the UK are expected to see rain on Tuesday (July 28) including 12 in Scotland. Rainclouds will move north-eastwards, drenching Northern Ireland, swathes of Wales, south west England, and northern England before hitting Scotland.
The heaviest rain will fall around 3am, when an orange rain cell is forecast to hit central Scotland and deliver 8-16mm of rain around the South Lanarkshire village of Douglas, the Met Office map shows. Once the heavy stops in mid-morning, scattered showers will persist for most of the day in Northern Ireland, north Wales, north west England, and Scotland.
However, it looks like it will stay dry in the Midlands, East Anglia, and southern England.
The Met Office forecast for Tuesday said: “Heavy rain in the north will ease and move away northeastwards on Tuesday, replaced by sunshine and locally heavy showers. England and Wales mostly dry with some hot sunshine developing.”
According to the Met Office’s map, 53 council areas will see some form of rain. It’s estimated 12 Scots, four Northern Irish, nine Welsh, and 28 English top-tier council areas will be hit by precipitation.
Temperatures are set to remain warm and typical for late July. Glasgow will see 20C, Edinburgh 21C, and Aberdeen 22C. Over the Irish Sea, Northern Ireland’s high will be 23C in Newry.
The 53 areas set to see rain on Tuesday are:
Scotland
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- Argyll and Bute
- City of Edinburgh
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Fife
- Glasgow City
- Highland
- Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)
- North Lanarkshire
- Scottish Borders
- South Lanarkshire
Northern Ireland
- Belfast City
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Derry City and Strabane
- Fermanagh and Omagh
Wales
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Pembrokeshire
- Swansea
- Vale of Glamorgan
England
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- Greater Manchester: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan.
- Merseyside: Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral.
- Other North West: Cumberland, Lancashire, and Westmorland and Furness.
- North East: County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Sunderland.
- South West: Cornwall, Devon, and Plymouth.