Monday’s forecast calls for an improvement to weather conditions that saw warnings in place for parts of the north of the UK (Picture: PA/REX)

Heavy rainfall that battered Scotland over the weekend will today begin to lessen and make its way south, the Met Office has said. 

Much of the UK will see clouds, with some wetter weather in the west and brighter spells in southeast England. 

Scotland and Northern Ireland meanwhile will have the occasional shower with patches of sunny spells. 

Temperatures across the country should hover between 10 and 12 degrees, with relatively low levels of air pollution anticipated. 

It follows after a number of urgent weather warnings were issued across the country. 

North-western Scotland and parts of England were affected by heavy rainfall described by forecasters as representing a possible ‘danger to life’.

Flood warnings also remained in force for the affected areas as of Sunday evening. 

Meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said last night: ‘This weekend has certainly been one of mixed fortunes across the UK. 

‘Western Scotland in particular has been very wet with persistent, heavy rainfall throughout all of Saturday and Sunday has led to some locations seeing up to 150 millimetres of rain building up in 36 hours.’

Looking ahead to today, he added: ‘Southern and central areas should stay largely dry, but the rain will be moving its way into Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, northern England and parts of Wales.