Darlington is braced for extreme weather today due to the Met Office yellow weather warning of rain.

The Met Office predict that there will be heavy rain from 8am this morning until 8pm tonight.

The forecaster has said that there could be 30-50mm of rain developing in any area covered by the weather warning.

Temperatures will be cool throughout the day at 13C but wind speeds are expected to remain low.

The sun is expected to set by 19:01pm.

(The location used for this forecast is Darlington)

Here is the full hour by hour weather forecast:

9am – 11C (95% chance of rain)

10am – 12C (95% chance of rain)

11am – 12C (90% chance of rain) 

12pm – 13C (90% chance of rain)

1pm – 13C (90% chance of rain)

2pm – 13C (90% chance of rain)

3pm – 13C (90% chance of rain)

4pm – 13C (90% chance of rain) 

5pm – 13C (90% chance of rain) 

6pm – 12C (90% chance of rain)

7pm – 12C (80% chance of rain)

8pm –  12C (80% chance of rain) 

9pm – 12C (70% chance of rain) 

10pm – 11C (60% chance of rain)

11pm – 11C (40% chance of rain)

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A Met Office spokesperson said: "Areas of of heavy rain are expected to affect many parts of England and Wales during Monday.

"There is still some uncertainty regarding which areas will be affected by the heaviest rain, but at this stage parts of the Midlands, northeast England and east Wales look most likely to see the greatest accumulations.

"However, anywhere within the warning area could have impactful rainfall through the course of Monday.

"There is potential that 30-50 mm could develop in any part of the warning area, much of which could fall in six hours or less. Some locations could see 80-100 mm over the course of 12 to 24 hours."