Weather maps have indicated extensive coming rainfall for some parts of the UK, which have turned red under intense drizzles.
Spring 2024 has so far gifted Britons some slightly warmer temperatures, but without the sunshine traditionally associated with the season.
While it remains to be seen whether the country will break records for the wettest March again following a similarly miserable 2023, forecasts suggest the rainy trend will only continue.
Over the next two weeks, as temperatures are tipped to fall towards the national average, rain is expected to follow a similar path.
Precipitation could reach up to 5mm per hour in some areas, according to new maps that outline the pockets of rainfall in angry red blotches.
Maps from WXCharts predicting more than one week ahead show intensifying rainfall on the west coast.
Scotland and Wales are expected to see the worst weather, with heavier rain over higher ground.
A 255-mile-long stretch running from Galloway Forest Park through the Scottish Highlands to the Isle of Skye has been painted scarlet as the forecasters – which use data from MetDesk – expect up to 5mm of rain to fall per hour.
A slightly lighter red area has been painted over southern Wales, where rainfall could reach up to 3mm per hour. Winds, on the other hand, are not expected to aggravate the wet weather, with light breezes reaching around six kilometres per hour (three miles per hour).
Rain accumulation maps show that, once that precipitation has arrived, it will add to an already intensely rainy month.
Total accumulative precipitation in Scotland and parts of northwest England will have reached between 53mm and 86mm (two to 3.3 inches), while northern Wales is expected to see a total of 44mm (1.7 inches) by then.
The rest of the country will escape comparatively unscathed, with rainfall on March 27 likely to reach just one or two millimetres per hour and accumulate to a lesser extent, around 20mm (0.7 inches).
Weather forecasters with the Met Office specify that confidence is “low” for maps seeking to predict this far ahead but said that current trends suggest March 27 will see temperatures fall towards the spring average.
The forecast states: “Into the latter part of next week and beyond we see a trend for temperatures to fall back closer to average across the UK.
“There is a small chance of more notable colder conditions developing, most probable across the north of the UK, but at this stage, any confidence in this remains low.”
