Met Office hour-by-hour weather maps show where rain will be heaviest and when it will stop
Weather maps show that heavy rain will continue to blight the country throughout the week, but there could be spells of dry weather in some parts
by Branwen Jones · Wales OnlineOver the past few days most of Wales has been experiencing heavy downpours and it looks like more is to come over the next few days. A yellow weather warning issued by the Met Office has been in place since 6pm on Tuesday, October 15, and covers nearly all of the country.
Not only does it bring with it heavy rain and strong winds, but is in place for some 27 hours in total with up to 80mm of rainfall hitting the country within hours in parts. You can read more about the warning here.
While the warning comes to an end at 9pm, weather maps show that heavy rain will continue to blight the country throughout the week. However, there could be spells of dry weather in some parts.
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We've taken a look at Met Office weather maps to find out where and when the rain will be at its heaviest, and when we can expect it to be drier. For the latest Welsh news delivered to your inbox sign up to our newsletter.
Wednesday, October 16
11am
Around 11am most of Wales is experiencing rain. It is heaviest in parts of Wrexham and Flintshire, down through Powys, Carmarthenshire and Swansea, where there could be as much as 8-16mm/hour of rainfall in some parts.
2pm
With the yellow weather warning now extended until 9pm, it does not look like the heavy rain is going to clear any time soon. At 2pm, most of Wales will be experiencing rain. There could be as much as 4-8mm/hour, or even 8-16mm/hour, of rainfall in parts of Swansea and Carmarthenshire.
4pm
There will be a band of heavy rain this afternoon - with as much as 16-32mm/hour of rainfall from Merthyr Tydfil, up to Brecon and Builth Wells in Powys. Meanwhile, there could be as much as 2-4mm/hour of rainfall in areas such as Carmarthen and Cardigan.
6pm
By 6pm, there will be even more rain for large parts of Wales, with a band of heavy rain stretching from Flintshire, down across border towns such as Shrewsbury and Ludlow over in England, and all the way down to Monmouth. Temperatures in most places could be around 15C-16C.
9pm
There will be some break from the rain for some areas of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Ceredigion, Powys and areas of south east Wales. However, the rain will continue to fall in other parts, including large parts of Pembrokeshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Flintshire and Wrexham.
11pm
By late evening, a band of rain will have shifted more inland, with clusters of heavy rain set to hit areas of Gwynedd and Anglesey, Powys and Cardiff.
Thursday, October 17
3am
By 3am Thursday morning, the rain will have cleared for most of Wales, with the band of rain shifting towards north west of England.
9am
And it looks like that dry spell is here to stay with only small patches of rain hitting areas such as Conwy, Powys and Rhondda Cynon Taf. Temperatures will be a little cooler however, between13C and 14C for most parts, but could be around 11C-12C in other areas.
1pm
In the afternoon, clusters of rain will fall in parts of Wales, in particular off the coast of south-west Anglesey, near Porthmadog in Gwynedd, down in areas of Ceredigion and Powys, Carmarthenshire, Bridgend and Newport.
7pm
The dry weather will remain for most of Wales throughout the afternoon and into the evening.
Friday, October 18
9am
While Thursday looks like an overall clear day for Wales, Friday could tell a very different story. At 9am, a band of heavy rain is threatening west Wales' coastline. Most of Wales will remain clear at this point, however rain will be hitting areas of Pembrokeshire, with as much as 4-8mm/hour of rainfall in some parts.
1pm
By Friday afternoon, heavy rain will be hitting Cardiff, with around 2-4mm/hour and as much as 4-8mm/hour of rainfall in the Welsh capital.
7pm
While most of Wales will be clear of rain at 7pm, rain will still be affecting areas of west Wales, Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, southern parts of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. Lighter rain will be affecting areas of Newport and Monmouthshire.
10pm
Patches of heavy rain will particularly affect areas of Powys and north Wales. There will be as much as 16-32mm/hour of rainfall in areas between Denbighshire and Flintshire, as well as areas of Powys down to Ceredigion.
Saturday, October 19
7am
Early Saturday morning will see a clearance of the rain and it will remain mostly dry by 7am.
1pm
There will be clusters of rain in areas of Powys, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire by 1pm
10pm
Most of Wales will be dry at this point.
Sunday, October 20
4am
However, it could be a different picture on Sunday. By 4am, most of Wales will be covered by rain, and will be heaviest in large parts of south Wales - 4-8mm/hour of rainfall is predicted in areas of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Merthyr Tydfil.
7am
By 7am, small parts of Gwynedd and Ceredigion may have been cleared but in areas of Conwy, down to Powys, then, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and all along the south east valleys there could be as much as 4-8mm/hour and 8-16mm/hour of rainfall.
1pm
By the afternoon however, most of rain will have cleared with only a few patches here and there. Temperatures will be around 14C-15C at this point.
7pm
By the evening, the dry weather is predicted to stay.
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