Weather could turn for worse across UK

MORE RAIN could fall in some areas of the UK in the next 24 hours than fell during the whole of July, forecasters have warned.

August will get off to a chilly, bright start in the North with rain over significant parts of the south feeding into a changeable seven days, according to the Met Office.

Yorkshire is expected to get off to a dry start today, before cloud brings outbreaks of rain from the West through the evening mostly south of the Humber.

The mixed UK forecast comes days after a water spout was spotted at Thorpeness descending from dark clouds looming over the Suffolk coastline.

Pictures captured by onlookers showed the tornado-like swirling funnel spinning through the waves. Only around 100 of the weather features occur annually.

A Met Office forecaster said: “July was obviously very, very dry, across parts of south-west Britain in particular, so there is a good chance we could see more rain across parts of the South West in the next 24 hours on Monday than we’ve seen in the entire month.

“It will be a real topsy-turvy week – no two days quite the same. But in the next five to seven days we will all see some rain at times.”

And while sun lovers hoping for a lengthy heatwave in the next fortnight may be disappointed, the month should avoid being a washout.

The best chance for a settled, warm period will be early on in the second half of August.

“We saw how quickly in July it can turn hot for a day and then be all gone the next; it’s not completely ruling out some hot summer weather but it’s unlikely to be long-lived event if it was to come off,” the forecaster added.