A 200-mile rain bomb will hit the UK next weekend, with 25 counties forecast to be drenched in heavy downpours, according to the latest weather maps.
15:49, 11 July 2026Updated 15:53, 11 July 2026
Rain is forecast for next Sunday. (Image: WXCHARTS)
Britain is experiencing a third heatwave this year, with temperatures rising above 30C. But that scorching spell could come to an abrupt end as a 200-mile flood is brewing.
The latest weather maps from WXCharts, powered by MetDesk data, show variable conditions could return next weekend, bringing rain to 25 counties. On July 19 (next Sunday), one massive band of rain is forecast to stretch from Cumbria in north-west England to Northamptonshire in the East Midlands – a whopping 220 miles.
Meanwhile, heavy downpours are also expected in the east of England, with up to 7.5mm/hour expected in Suffolk next Sunday. The Met Office has warned of possible thunderstorms from mid-July and more unsettled weather could be ahead.
Rain is forecast for next weekend. (Image: Getty)
The forecast for July 15-24 reads: “High pressure over the north-east of the UK and low pressure over the Bay of Biscay begins a period of generally settled weather across the north of the UK, with a risk of thunderstorms to the south of the UK, at times from France.
“There could potentially be more instability from the south over the weekend before more settled conditions arrive from the west. “Uncertainty will continue into next week as clouds and prolonged spells of rain threaten the north west and may pass through the UK at times,” the Express reports.
“Temperatures will be warm to very warm initially, possibly at times in the south-west, with temperatures likely to warm to near average over the weekend, although further hot spells are possible, particularly in the south.”
Regions where precipitation is expected:
- Devonian
- Dorset
- London
- Surrey
- Suffolk
- Norfolk
- Essex
- Lincolnshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Northamptonshire
- Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Cheshire
- Merseyside
- Lancashire
- Cumbria
- Nottinghamshire
- Derbyshire
- Rutland
- Leicestershire
- Durham
- Hertfordshire
- Buckinghamshire