The Met Office has released the weather forecast for Essex this weekend, with it being rather overcast or rainy in most areas of the county.

Autumn is known for its crisp and dry sunny spells along with storms which the country has experienced plenty of this week.

That was evidenced with the floods during Wednesday night thanks to excessive rainfall which caused many roads to be shut.

Whilst the rain will return in many places, it won't quite be to the level seen earlier in the week.

Here's what the weather will be like in various places around Essex

What will the weekend weather be like in Southend?

Saturday starts out with some promise for Southend with a slight chance of sun in the morning, but it will slowly change to darker clouds being present in the sky.

A 10 per cent chance of rain will be likely throughout the afternoon and will continue into Sunday morning, before then remaining overcast. 

What will the weekend weather be like in Chelmsford?

Saturday will be largely overcast for Chelmsford, but with a slight chance of sun peaking behind the clouds in the morning.

Darker clouds will be present all of the afternoon and evening, with about a 10 per cent chance of rain.

That will carry over into Sunday morning, before returning to overcast once more.

Temperatures will peak at 14 degrees on both days of the weekend.

What will the weekend weather be like in Colchester?

Colchester is similar to Southend and Chelmsford in having a mostly positive start to the weekend. 

In fact, it will be sunny at around midday, but by around 4pm darker skies will come in.

After that it will continue into Sunday morning with a 10 per cent chance of rain, before becoming just overcast for the rest of the day.

What will the weekend weather be like in Basildon?

The weekend weather in Basildon mostly follows what will occur in Southend in terms of when it will become overcast and the chance of rain.

Temperatures will peak at 14 degrees with lows of seven degrees in the mornings. 

What will the weekend weather be like in Braintree?

Braintree has a smaller chance of sun in the morning, with it only being around 10am on Saturday when sun might peek through the clouds.

Aside from that it will remain similar to the rest of Essex in what its weather will be like.

Temperatures will peak at around 13 degrees with lows of about six degrees in the mornings.

What will the weekend weather be like in Brentwood?

Up until about midday Brentwood will be rather cool, but sunny on Saturday.

Like everywhere else though it will change to overcast in the afternoon, with a 10 per cent chance of rain throughout.

Sunday will also be cloudy.

What will the weekend weather be like in Maldon?

Maldon will also have a similar sunny start to Brentwood, with it being likely to peek behind the clouds up until about 1pm.

From there, the weather is the same for Saturday afternoon and the entirety of Sunday.