Rain, rain, go away

It has been exceptionally wet across most of England and Wales in the last 24 hours.

To accompany the wet weather, the winds will also pick up today. Strong, damaging gusts are expected across the South and North East of England with gales for the coasts.

With fallen autumn leaves and excess water, there's expected to be blocked drains and guttering leading to a heightened risk of localised flooding.

The low pressure system bringing these typical autumnal conditions is made up of former tropical air. This (relatively) warm air can hold much more moisture/rain than usual.

It's been feeling far from tropical though - temperatures hovered at a miserable and cool 8c or 9c in the rain yesterday but with milder air seeping in, temperatures crept up to 15c or so overnight.

Get your full weather update after the lunchtime news at 1:30pm.