Ken Banks
BBC Scotland, North East Scotland reporter

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With Met Office yellow rain warnings currently capturing parts of east Scotland; here's how our reporter in the region has been finding the wintry conditions.

Here in Aberdeen, the last time we had any recorded sunshine was on 21 January.So, from 22 January to today, we now have had 19 full days without seeing the large glowing ball of heat and light that is apparently somewhere up there in the sky.The first ten days of 2026 were bad enough, as we had nothing but heavy snow.Since then it has barely stopped raining.So is there any light at the end of the tunnel?Forecasters say it's unlikely we'll see any sunshine before Friday as colder Arctic air starts to push south, bringing the chance of one of or two snow showers.But Saturday could hopefully see some sunshine finally arrive.

Sarah Keith-Lucas
Weather presenter

The Met Office has just updated the yellow rain warnings issued for Scotland over the next two days.

As we reported earlier, a yellow rain warning is in place for parts of eastern Scotland until 23:59 GMT on Wednesday.

Now, in an update, an area of south-west Scotland has also been added to Wednesday’s warning in the east of the country.

This will take effect from midnight on Tuesday, and is in place until 23:59 on Wednesday.

100 flood warnings are currently in place for parts of the UK, with more rain on the way.

Here's the latest:

• Scotland is covered by two flood warnings and seven flood alerts
• In England, the Environment Agency has issued 98 flood warnings
• In Wales, three flood alerts are currently in force

Stay with us for the latest weather warnings and how the conditions are impacting areas across the country.

Chris Fawkes
BBC Weather presenter

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Parts of the UK have been hit with a real deluge so far this year with Cornwall and County Down recording their wettest January on record.

It's been particularly wet in southern England, Northern Ireland and East Scotland. If it feels like the rain just hasn't stopped this year, you might be on to something, Cardinham in Cornwall has recorded some rain every single day of the year so far!

Katesbridge (County Down) and Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) recorded nearly 4 times their January average rainfall, and history is repeating itself this month.

We're not even at the half way point of the month and Aboyne has already had well over double the February average rainfall.

Why so wet?

Around the 17th January a blocking area of high pressure developed in Scandinavia, it's still there to this day.

This has prevented areas of low pressure from moving beyond the UK so they've become slow-moving bringing very wet weather, with southwest winds to the south of the UK and southeasterly winds to the north of the UK.

This wind pattern is responsible for the distribution of rain. It's worth pointing out that it hasn't been wet everywhere. Northwest England and west Scotland had a much drier January than normal, and parts of the Highlands have only recorded 1mm of rain so far this month.

This Scandinavian blocking area of high pressure is finally going to budge this week, as it does our weather patterns will become more typical next week.

There will still be rain around as we'd expect in winter, but some of the wettest weather will return to west Scotland.

The rain won't be as extreme in east Scotland. In the southwest of England, it won't rain every single day, there will be drier and sunnier days between weather our systems.

It's been a soggy start to the month after what was the wettest January on record for parts of the UK.

The wet weather isn't showing any signs of stopping, with more rain forecast in the coming days.

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The Environment Agency is warning people to "remain vigilant" as it estimates at least 300 properties have been flooded so far following the recent heavy rainfall.

The agency says its teams "have been mobilised across the country to check on other flood defences", as well as clearing river blockages and monitoring river levels.

"With another band of rain on its way, we need the public to remain vigilant to the risk of flooding", says Andrew Hitchings, flood duty manager at the Environment Agency.

"So far more 16000 homes and business have been protected but sadly 300 have suffered flooding and our thoughts are with those communities affected."

Floods Minster Emma Hardy is also urging residents to follow local advice, and says she's in "regular contact" with the Environment Agency.

Sarah Keith-Lucas
Lead Weather presenter

The unsettled weather pattern is expected to continue for another few days with low pressure systems pushing rain-bearing weather fronts in.

Tuesday will be another cloudy, damp day across the UK, with further rainfall expected in several flood affected regions.

The most persistent rain will fall in eastern Scotland where another 40-60mm is possible over higher ground. Heavier downpours are also likely at times for parts of south-west England and Wales. But intermittent showery rain is possible anywhere.

Wednesday brings further unwelcome rainfall. The focus of the wet weather will be across the northern half of England and once again for Scotland.

While a further 40-60mm of rain may fall again on Wednesday across eastern Scotland, precipitation here will increasingly turn to snow.

Further south on Wednesday, rainfall will be more showery in nature with the chance of some brighter and drier spells developing.

For Thursday and Friday, colder and drier conditions are expected to develop from the north, slowly filtering south.

Wintry showers are likely in Scotland, and also perhaps the first glimpses of sunshine in Aberdeen for over 20 days.

Rain and hill snow will gradually start to ease away from most areas, and by Saturday we should see a largely dry but cold day with widespread sunshine.

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Heavy downpours are expected across the country caused by a "blocked" weather pattern.

Blocking patterns are caused mostly due to changes in the jet stream - the fast wind high in the atmosphere.

In a normal situation the jet stream would flow west to east across the Atlantic with weather systems being created by minor wiggles along it.

Occasionally the wiggles get bigger and that can result in big curves in the flow - like a meandering river.

High pressure gets trapped underneath these big curves and the jet stream gets weaker and disrupted.

The high pressure becomes stronger and gets stuck so the low pressure systems can't push through and get diverted, resulting in the same type of weather for an area for days or weeks.

Blocked patterns will eventually break, caused by renewed energy in the jet stream or stronger low pressure systems being able to push through the high pressure.

Chris Fawkes
BBC Weather presenter

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We're over a week into a soggy February after Met Office statistics confirmed that Northern Ireland, south-west and southern England, and the east of Scotland all had one of their wettest Januarys on record.

Northern Ireland saw 70% more rain than average, as it experienced the wettest January for 149 years.

Culdrose in Cornwall recorded two and a quarter times its average, while Aboyne in Aberdeenshire had nearly four times its January average of 68.9mm.

Conversely, rainfall across north-west England and west Scotland was below average - the map above shows how the areas coloured brown had less rain than normally expected in January.

The Met Office has issued a yellow rain warning for parts of eastern Scotland, expected to last until 23:59 GMT on Wednesday.

"Persistent and at times heavy rain may bring disruption and possible flooding to parts of eastern Scotland through Tuesday", according to the weather agency.

Here's what's expected:

• Spray and flooding on roads could cause difficult driving conditions and road closures
• Flooded roads could also lead to some communities being cut off
• A small chance of power cuts and loss of services
• A small chance that homes and businesses may be flooded
• Possible cancellations or delays to rail or bus services

Adam Goldsmith
Live reporter

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Over one hundred areas of the UK could face flooding as heavy downpours drench parts of the country.

The wet weather is due to a weather pattern stuck in a "blocked" position for the last few weeks and there are signs of a very brief change before rain returns.

Rain is expected to come in from the south-west of England, and spread north-east across many parts of England and Wales.

The Environment Agency has issued 101 flood warnings and 169 flood alerts in England, with saturated ground and already-swollen rivers making flooding more likely.

There are currently two flood warnings and four alerts in Scotland, and five flood alerts in Wales.

We'll keep you updated throughout the day with the latest flood warnings and how the weather is impacting areas across the UK.