Forecasters have predicted six hours of downpours for Sunday as more than 14 million cars hit motorways across the weekend.
Millions of families are facing bank holiday misery as extra cars hit the motorways and rain falls across much of the country.
The Met Office has predicted sunny and cloudy weather for most parts on Saturday, but much of the UK is expected to experience "a good six hours" of downpours on Sunday.
Forecasters predict sunny weather will return on bank holiday Monday along with some cloud cover.
Sky News weather producer Chris England said: "It'll be a rather cool bank holiday weekend, with a risk of a ground frost in the countryside on Saturday morning and with temperatures mostly below 20C, 68 Fahrenheit during the day.
"Saturday will be fine for many, but Sunday will bring prolonged and locally heavy rain in from the West, although that'll clear from all expect the extreme East by evening.
"Most places can expect a good six hours of rain.
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— Met Office (@metoffice) August 24, 2018
"Monday meanwhile will be mainly dry, and a little warmer than the weekend, but there will be showers.
"Northwestern parts are most at risk."
The RAC predicts as many as 14.4 million cars will take to the UK's majors roads from through to Monday.
The breakdown cover firm, which carried out research of drivers' intentions with the ravel information supplier INRIX, said around 11.2 million people have car journeys planned over that time period.
Another 3.2 million say they will be driving but are undecided as to which day they will take to the road.
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Friday and Saturday are likely to be the busiest days for leisure "getaway" trips as research shows 3.6 million cars are expected to be making journeys on both days.
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