London is set for a rainy weekend, days after Storm Ciaran wreaked havoc across the country.
While the capital escaped the worst of the storm, rainy conditions are set to continue throughout the weekend, with “heavy rain” predicted by forecasters for Saturday.
Parts of London will be under a yellow weather warning for rain, which may cause disruption to transport services, while blustery and unsettled conditions are also predicted for Sunday, said the Met Office.
“Heavy rain will quickly spread northeastwards across all parts during the morning, followed by heavy and blustery showers, especially along southern coastal districts, in the afternoon,” the agency said in its forecast for London on Saturday.
“Temperatures near average. Maximum temperature 13 °C.”
More yellow weather warnings will continue to be in place in the UK this weekend in the wake of Storm Ciaran.
The storm battered the south coast and the Channel Islands with heavy rain and gusts of up to 100mph on Thursday, leaving nearly 150,000 homes without power.
A yellow rain warning will be in place from 5am to midnight on Saturday across all of southern England, including Cornwall, Kent and the Isle of Wight.
Oli Claydon, spokesperson for the Met Office, said: “[It is] all being driven by another area of low pressure that's crossing the United Kingdom through Saturday.
“Obviously it's nothing urgent or to the same extent as we saw with Storm Ciaran, and that will clear out into the North Sea by the time we get to Saturday evening."
More broadly on Friday, it remains blustery along the east coast and a few showers still persist, particularly in western areas, but it is “nothing much to be too concerned about", Mr Claydon said.
Despite conditions improving, rail services remain disrupted as the UK feels the after-effects of Storm Ciaran.
LNER, the main train operator on the East Coast Main Line between King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley, advised passengers not to travel until Saturday.
A significant number of delays and cancellations were expected as trains and staff were out of position following power supply failures at both ends of the route on Thursday.
Several other train operators also warned of disruption on Friday while debris from Storm Ciaran was cleared from tracks.
The threat of flooding also remains high in England, with some 52 flood warnings in place with 197 flood alerts stretching up through the country.
