UK weather: yellow flood warnings across south and falling temperatures

'We've lost the warm weather for the moment,' says Met Office spokesperson

The Met Office has warned of surface water on roads as 25mm of rain is expected to fall in a short time period (Rex Features)

Heavy rainfall will sweep across parts of the UK as the hot weather is pushed out by a stiff Atlantic front.

Yellow weather warnings of up to 25mm rain have been issued by the Met Office from Tuesday 10 May through to Wednesday 11 May.

The area expected to be hit by the downpour stretches from Penzance in Cornwall, across Wales up to Aberystwyth, and down to Kent in the south-east of the country.

A spokesperson for the Met Office said drivers should be cautious of surface water on the roads.

"It's a lot of rainfall and we haven't got any strong winds, so if people are under a big shower they could be there for some time," they told The Independent.

"People could look out for roads being temporarily inundated."

They added that rivers were not expected to flood, but local drains could struggle to cope with heavy water flow.

For the rest of the week, warmer weather is initially expected to be pushed north towards Scotland as a cool air flow from the Atlantic covers much of the south and south-east.

The cool weather will then push north as well by Thursday and Friday, sending temperatures in Aberdeen and Nottingham to about 11C and frost even making an appearance in rural and sheltered areas around Newcastle.

Temperatures in the south will also remain low at about 13C, with some areas of the south-west and London "hanging on" with highs of 19C at best.

"Obviously that's at least eight degrees below what we've just had in the south," said the Met Office spokesperson.

"We've lost the warm weather for the moment and it's a return to unstable weather conditions."

Saturday and Sunday were expected to be "reasonably dry" except for possible patchy showers in East Anglia and along the south coast.