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12/08/2015
Met Office Issue Yellow Warning For Rain
The Met Office has issued a Yellow warning for rain, with heavy and thundery rain expected to reach southern England in the early hours of Thursday.
The rain is expect to push north during the day, with the "potential of torrential downpours in places", the forecaster said.
The Yellow warning urges the public to "be aware" of a significant risk of localised disruption due to surface water flooding. Lightning and hail are likely to be additional hazards.
"An area of low pressure developing over Biscay pushes into southern UK during early Thursday before tracking further northwards to be centred near or just east of Scotland by Friday afternoon," chief forecaster at the Met Office said.
"With very warm air being entrained into the system, locally heavy and thundery rain is expected to develop and affect parts of England and Wales during Thursday. 20 or 30 mm of rain may fall in a relatively short space of time in some places whilst locally in excess of 50 mm is possible in just a few hours.
"The development of this system is relatively complex therefore the exact locations of the heaviest rainfall remain uncertain. Further updates to this warning may occur during the early hours of Thursday or Thursday morning when the location of where heaviest rain is most likely becomes more apparent."
(MH/JP)
The rain is expect to push north during the day, with the "potential of torrential downpours in places", the forecaster said.
The Yellow warning urges the public to "be aware" of a significant risk of localised disruption due to surface water flooding. Lightning and hail are likely to be additional hazards.
"An area of low pressure developing over Biscay pushes into southern UK during early Thursday before tracking further northwards to be centred near or just east of Scotland by Friday afternoon," chief forecaster at the Met Office said.
"With very warm air being entrained into the system, locally heavy and thundery rain is expected to develop and affect parts of England and Wales during Thursday. 20 or 30 mm of rain may fall in a relatively short space of time in some places whilst locally in excess of 50 mm is possible in just a few hours.
"The development of this system is relatively complex therefore the exact locations of the heaviest rainfall remain uncertain. Further updates to this warning may occur during the early hours of Thursday or Thursday morning when the location of where heaviest rain is most likely becomes more apparent."
(MH/JP)
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