Further heavy rains have been forecast for North Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern England, as ‘Storm Jonas’, which arose in the United States and has made its way across the Atlantic, is set to make landfall within the next 24 hours.

The storm dumped 60cm of snow across the United States’ East Coast, but is expected to have much more mild impacts in Britain as its remnants reach north-western parts of the country, with mostly heavy rains expected.

A Met Office spokesperson said that the storm had unofficially been dubbed Storm Jonas by the U.S Weather Channel - in the UK and Ireland storms are named based on strength of wind, not rainfall and the next named storm from the Met Office and Met Eireann will be Storm Gertrude. The spokesperson said that there are some weather warnings for rainfall in place, and added that forecasters will continue to monitor the situation and announce any updates.

In England, the storm will affect areas that already saw severe flooding in December, which means further flooding is possible in some parts. Even so, the Environment Agency’s Flood Alert resource indicates that less severe flooding is a possibility in three areas of north-western England. There are several flood warnings active in Dumfries and Galloway in Western Scotland.

The Met Office has issued yellow (be prepared) warnings for rain across the western British Isles on Tuesday. In terms of wind, locally severe conditions could affect coastal regions and exposed hillsides. Gusts of wind up to 70mph have been forecast for exposed coastal areas and many parts of the warning area are likely to receive 20-40 mm of rain, with upland areas possibly seeing up to 60 mm.