Saturday will be cloudy with heavy rain sweeping eastwards across the country.

It will become bright in the west and northwest during the afternoon but there will be heavy showers and gales in the northwest

The weather will worsen on Sunday going into Monday as Storm Freya hits the UK bringing “dangerous weather conditions” with it.

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The downturn comes after parts of Britain enjoyed the warmest February day in over a century.

The mercury rose to 20C to break the UK’s all-time high for February recorded in Greenwich, London, in 1998.