Storm forecast as 200-mile rain bomb to lash into Britain - new maps

A 200-mile long rain bomb is expected to lash Britain in the next few days, weather maps show. According to WXCharts, the gigantic formation will make landfall at 6am Thursday morning, May 29, and stretch from Manchester to London.

The weather phenomenon could bring up to three millimetres of rain to the Peak District and up to two millimetres elsewhere. Another weather front will also develop across Carlisle in England to Snowdonia in Wales. The Eryri national park is expected to be hit with up to 10 millimetres of rain in some areas. Belfast will also experience some rainfall while Cardiff, Plymouth and most of Ireland will receive sunshine.

The rest of the country can expect a smattering of rain. But conditions are , according to maps generated by WXCharts on May 25.

These show hot and sunny conditions setting in during the second week of June, with parts of southeast England reaching the mid-20s on Monday, June 9. While the warmest weather is forecast for eastern coastal regions, the warm spell will hit most of the country, from the Midlands down to the south coast, in some form, the maps suggest.

Parts of Anglia and Kent, Sussex and Surrey are predicted to experience the hottest temperatures, with the mercury hovering at a more modest 22C in the Midlands and Yorkshire, dropping to between 14C and 17C in Wales, Devon and Cornwall. Northern Scotland is also set for highs of 22C on June 9, the maps suggest, especially around the Highlands, with patches of warmth also forecast for Edinburgh and Glasgow in the southeast.

The burst of hot weather will set in from around midday on June 9, with temperatures holding until the early evening and dropping back to the high teens across the country the following day.

The burst of hot weather will set in from around midday on June 9, with temperatures holding until the early evening and dropping back to the high teens across the country the following day.

The 's long-range forecast for the period warns of "changeable" conditions with southern areas most likely to see dry weather and a decent chance of "hot spells".

Weather also predicts "a continuation of the drier and warmer weather" on June 9, with the risk of "summer showers or even isolated thunderstorms in some places".