The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Gloucestershire forecasting heavy showers and potential flooding this weekend.

Much of England is affected by the weather warning which begins at midday on Sunday through to midnight.

The Met Office’s South West England weather forecast said the outlook for Sunday to Tuesday would see some rainfall: “Wet and cloudy on Sunday, with some organised heavy showers. Further showers into Monday, these lighter and less frequent with some sunny spells in between. Drier Tuesday, with variable cloud.”

What do the Met Office say?

The Met Office has warned of heavy showers which could lead to travel disruptions and localised flooding.

Within the yellow weather warning, the Met Office said: “A band of rain and heavy, thundery showers will slowly drift east through Sunday before becoming slow moving over the highlighted area later in the day.

“Where these showers become slow moving, 30 to 40 mm of rain could fall in a relatively short time leading to surface water flooding and transport disruption.”