The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain as heavy downpours are set to batter large parts of the country overnight. The warning, which is in place from 7pm on Tuesday, January 3 to 3am on Wednesday, January 4 warns some higher ground could see 50mm of rain overnight.
The warning comes after reports of an arctic blast set to hit the UK with temperatures once again dropping to minus degrees in parts. However, the Met Office have debunked this, telling WalesOnline that the most likely outcome for January is that it will continue to remain "changeable with temperatures generally on the mild side".
Nevertheless it looks as though rain is set to continue despite the mild temperatures. The yellow weather warning reads: "A spell of heavy rain is expected to develop through Tuesday evening and clear east during early Wednesday morning, following a day of fairly persistent rain across much of Wales. During this evening and night, a further 15-25 mm of rain is expected widely; in a few places this amount could fall in 3-4 hours. Some higher ground may see 40-50 mm of rain overnight."
