Yellow warning of severe weather has been issued Regions affected by Yellow warnings: Central, Tayside & Fife, London & South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands Issued at: 1048 on Mon 10 Nov 2014 Valid from: 1700 on Mon 10 Nov 2014 Valid to: 0900 on Wed 12 Nov 2014 Periods of rain and strong winds will affect southwestern parts of Britain from later on Monday, with the rain becoming particularly heavy at times on Tuesday before clearing during Wednesday morning. The public should be aware of the risk of localised flooding, perhaps exacerbated by fallen leaves blocking drainage courses. An active frontal system associated with an Atlantic depression will push in from the west later on Monday. This front will become slow-moving, allowing pulses of heavy and sometimes thundery rain to spread northwards across south west England and South Wales before finally clearing northeastwards on Wednesday. Precise timings of these periods of heavy rain remain uncertain, and there are also likely to be some drier intervals within this warning period. The strong southerly winds, reaching gale force in places, will enhance rainfall over south-facing slopes and hills, where totals of more than 60mm in 36 hours are likely. 20-40 mm will fall more widely. The rainfall is likely to cause some minor flooding from either surface water or from rivers.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:33:56 +0000
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