Visitors and residents in St Ives scramble for cover from the rain as 'Awful August' gets off to a wet start
August will get off to a chilly, bright start in the North with rain over parts of the South feeding into a changeable seven days, the Met Office said.
Today will be mostly cloudy in the South with rain moving in from the West, which will turn heavy and persistent this afternoon.
It will be predominantly cloudy tomorrow across the UK with outbreaks of rain extending north and some sunny intervals possible in the South.
Southern areas will be mostly dry on Wednesday with sunny spells and the odd shower, although there will be widespread showers in the North.
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