The heavy rain will clear mid-morning.

The Met Office forecast for Friday: ‘Very wet and windy at first today with some difficult driving conditions, but the rain will clear away around mid-morning.

‘This will leave bright or sunny intervals for the rest of the day, but also occasional heavy showers, these possibly merging into longer spells of rain this evening and tonight.

‘The winds will soon ease to moderate or fresh south or southeasterlies, with the maximum temperature 20 or 21 Celsius.’