UK weather: Urgent travel warning with 4 INCHES of rain to hit, says Met Office as summer officially comes to an end --[Reported by Umva mag]

THE Met Office has issued an urgent travel warning – with four inches of rain set to hit as summer officially comes to an end. A yellow rain warning will be in force force all day for Wales, southern England and the Midlands. George Cracknell WrightA car splashing through a puddle in Greenwich, south east London last night[/caption] PAMiserable conditions for drivers on the M3 near Basingstoke in Hampshire[/caption] MET OfficeA rain warning covers much of England and Wales[/caption] Forecasters said a whopping 100mm could drench some parts of the warning zone, which stretches as far north as Cheshire and Yorkshire. Other places could see 40-70mm of rain fall in just two or three hours. Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some temporary road closures. There is a small chance that some rural communities will temporarily become cut off by flooded roads. Significant delays or cancellations to train and bus services are possible. Homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings. And there is a small chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some areas in the warning zone. Met Office expert Jonathan Vautrey said: “With Sunday marking the autumnal equinox summer has now officially come to an end. “We’ll also see our next batch of thundery rain moving its way into southern areas of England as well.” “We do have a rain warning in force throughout today for this band of rain. “It’s going to be moving across Wales, central southern areas of England. “Some very heavy pulses are possible with some surface water issues, travel disruption. “So it’s worth taking care if you are out and about or travelling during the day.” All the areas covered by the Met Office warning Derby Derbyshire Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Rutland Bedford Cambridgeshire Central Bedfordshire Essex Hertfordshire Luton Norfolk Peterborough Southend-on-Sea Suffolk Thurrock Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Buckinghamshire East Sussex Greater London Hampshire Isle of Wight Kent Medway Milton Keynes Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Surrey West Berkshire West Sussex Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Greater Manchester Halton Merseyside Warrington Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Bristol Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset South Gloucestershire Swindon Torbay Wiltshire Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Herefordshire Shropshire Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Telford and Wrekin Warwickshire West Midlands Conurbation Worcestershire South Yorkshire

Sep 22, 2024 - 07:31

UK weather: Urgent travel warning with 4 INCHES of rain to hit, says Met Office as summer officially comes to an end --[Reported by Umva mag]

THE Met Office has issued an urgent travel warning – with four inches of rain set to hit as summer officially comes to an end.

A yellow rain warning will be in force force all day for Wales, southern England and the Midlands.

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A car splashing through a puddle in Greenwich, south east London last night[/caption]

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Miserable conditions for drivers on the M3 near Basingstoke in Hampshire[/caption]

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A rain warning covers much of England and Wales[/caption]

Forecasters said a whopping 100mm could drench some parts of the warning zone, which stretches as far north as Cheshire and Yorkshire.

Other places could see 40-70mm of rain fall in just two or three hours.

Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some temporary road closures.

There is a small chance that some rural communities will temporarily become cut off by flooded roads.

Significant delays or cancellations to train and bus services are possible.

Homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings.

And there is a small chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some areas in the warning zone.

Met Office expert Jonathan Vautrey said: “With Sunday marking the autumnal equinox summer has now officially come to an end.

“We’ll also see our next batch of thundery rain moving its way into southern areas of England as well.”

“We do have a rain warning in force throughout today for this band of rain.

“It’s going to be moving across Wales, central southern areas of England.

“Some very heavy pulses are possible with some surface water issues, travel disruption.

“So it’s worth taking care if you are out and about or travelling during the day.”

All the areas covered by the Met Office warning

Derby
Derbyshire
Leicester
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Rutland
Bedford
Cambridgeshire
Central Bedfordshire
Essex
Hertfordshire
Luton
Norfolk
Peterborough
Southend-on-Sea
Suffolk
Thurrock
Bracknell Forest
Brighton and Hove
Buckinghamshire
East Sussex
Greater London
Hampshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
Medway
Milton Keynes
Oxfordshire
Portsmouth
Reading
Slough
Southampton
Surrey
West Berkshire
West Sussex
Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham
Cheshire East
Cheshire West and Chester
Greater Manchester
Halton
Merseyside
Warrington
Bath and North East Somerset
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
Bristol
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Gloucestershire
Isles of Scilly
North Somerset
Plymouth
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
Swindon
Torbay
Wiltshire
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
Herefordshire
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent
Telford and Wrekin
Warwickshire
West Midlands Conurbation
Worcestershire
South Yorkshire

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