UPDATE: 9.09am

There is some flooding in Newport as this pic taken by Gemma Quinn of Usk Way at the Old Green roundabout shows.

UPDATE: 8.23am

A YELLOW warning of heavy rain is in place across Gwent today, with forecasters warning of possible localised flooding.

The unsettled weather will continue across Wales and also in northern England, southern Scotland, the West Midlands and down towards parts of the South West but the weekend is set to be more settled, according to forecasters.

The Met Office's Marco Petagna said: "The main trend through the day is for the rain to gradually push its way eastwards with brighter fresher conditions starting to move in from the west and that sort of sets the scene really for the weekend.

"A much quieter spell of weather - a lot of dry bright weather around this weekend. A few showers, mainly towards the north and west, but a lot of dry weather this weekend. Certainly a fresher feel to the weather compared to the last couple of days," the forecaster said.

A yellow Met Office warning was in place for most of England, Wales and southern Scotland, while the Environment Agency issued five flood alerts in the South East and four in the Midlands warning flooding was possible.

On average, 51.6mm of rain falls throughout the entire month of August.