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UK weather news: Wet and windy weather to batter nation throughout Hallowe'en weekend

Picture dated October 31st shows people getting a soaking in Cambridge on Saturday as they go for a punt on the River Cam in the wind and rain brought by Storm Aiden
Picture dated October 31st shows people getting a soaking in Cambridge on Saturday as they go for a punt on the River Cam in the wind and rain brought by Storm Aiden

Wet and windy weather will batter the UK throughout a Hallowe'en weekend for which several warnings are in place.

Rainfall is predicted by the Met Office for across the entire nation by the Met Office on Saturday and Sunday (October 31 and November 1), with some power outages and travel disruption expected.

Marco Petagna, a Met Office forecaster, said that the flooding could happen "almost anywhere" across the weekend in light of Storm Aiden - the first to blow across the UK and Ireland this winter - with rain fronts moving from the west to the east throughout Saturday.

"There will be a lot of blustery showers during the North-West and still gale force winds up towards the North-West as we go through the afternoon," Mr Petanga told The Telegraph.

"And obviously the wind warnings are in force until 9pm across the north and west parts of the UK, with the winds remaining very strong. Then Saturday night we’ve got a drier spell for a while but further wet and windy weather pushing in from the west across all areas overnight.

The rain will then return on Sunday across many areas from the South-West, Mr Petanga added, and a 'yellow' weather warning is in force covering that rain during the afternoon, in addition to a warning during the Sunday overnight period for Wales and North-West England.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has also issued 11 flood alerts on Saturday for areas where flooding is likely. The Environment Agency has issued 17 flood alerts for locations scattered across England from Cumbria to Bournemouth, and Natural Resources Wales has put 33 alerts in place.

Monday and Tuesday will bring a mix of calmer weather, with sunshine and showers, although Wednesday onward will see frost and fog take hold.

Mr Petanga added that the UK will on Saturday see its first Halloween Blue Moon in decades with the second full moon of the month, making it the first full moon that is visible in all time zones around the world on October 31 since 1944.

The Met Office has said that it could also potentially see a record high minimum temperature tomorrow for this time of year in the southern counties of England. The current record is 15.9 degrees, which was logged on November 3 2005 in Eastbourne.