Heavy downpours and thunder as weekend weather warning issued for Birmingham

Downpours are looming across the UK
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A weather alert for heavy rain has been issued for large parts of the UK - including Birmingham - threatening flooding and disruption. The Met Office warning will last from 9pm on Saturday until 6pm on Sunday for the West Midlands.

The weather agency is forecasting heavy rain heading from the south of the country to the Midlands this evening and overnight. Some locations could see less than 10mm of rain while others could get around 10mms fall within a short space of time.

Meanwhile, West Midlands Roads has warned of difficult driving conditions due to "spray and surface water."

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The Met Office said on their website: "Whilst there remains some uncertainty with exact details, areas of heavy and at times thundery rain are expected to spread north, then west, across England and Wales from this evening and overnight. These areas of heavy rain may become more persistent across western areas during Sunday daytime whilst slow-moving heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop further east.

"Rainfall amounts will vary considerably across the warning area with some locations seeing less than 10 mm of rainfall whilst others see 40-60 mm of rain. There is a lower chance that a few spots within the warning area could see 80-100 mm of rain by the end of Sunday which may fall in a fairly small period of time.

"These higher totals are slightly more probable in the southern half of the warning area. Given this region has also seen a lot of rain since Thursday, impacts may be more likely than would normally be expected for the time of year here."