We're all going to get absolutely drenched tomorrow in 15-hour downpour

It’s going to be a wet one on Friday (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)

March is going to get off to a soggy start as a 15-hour weather warning for rain has just been put in place.

The Met Office has issued the yellow warning, which covers almost all of Wales and the south west of England, to run from midnight until 3pm on Friday.

The forecaster says a band of rain is set to move north and east on Friday, with up to 30mm of rainfall ‘in a few locations’.

It also warns some snow is likely to affect ‘some higher routes and communities’ for a brief time.

The full statement from the Met Office explains: ‘A band of rain, heavy at times, is expected to move north and east on Friday.

’10-15mm of rainfall is likely widely, with perhaps 30mm in a few locations.

The warning covers almost all of Wales and the south east of England (Picture: Metro Graphics)

‘With much of the rain falling in three hours some travel disruption is probable.

‘Some snow is also likely to affect some higher routes and communities for a brief time.’

The UK-wide forecast for Friday currently says: ‘A frosty start in places with any patchy fog clearing quickly.

‘Rain and hill snow spreading eastwards, turning heavy at times.

‘Scattered showers following behind. Often windy, and feeling cold.’

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