The massive band of weather stretches from the Isles of Scilly in the far south west to the right across the North Sea as far as Denmark.

The Met Office has issued a rare amber weather warning as they forecast that heavy rain could lead to mass flooding. Issued around 10am on Sunday, the warning for heavy rain is set to affect a large area of the Midlands and will touch on Yorkshire & Humber and London and south east England.

Sunday marks the autumnal equinox - a biannual event in which the sun is exactly above the equator. Sunday’s weather warning will remain in place until 11.59pm, with the Met Office forecasting up to 80mm of rain over the course of 12 to 24 hours - nearly matching the September average for rain in the UK.