UK climate: Yellow warnings in place throughout northern England and Wales for heavy rain
Heavy rain is forecast in northern components of England and Wales at present, with the Met Office issuing a yellow climate warning.
The space, which stretches from Holyhead in Wales to Scarborough and Carlisle in England, may see as much as 20-30mm of rain fall throughout the day, with locations on larger floor doubtlessly getting as a lot as 70mm.
It’s after persistent rain fell for a lot of on Saturday, with Wales, the southwest and the northwest bearing the brunt of the climate.
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The fourth Ashes check in Manchester was affected throughout the day, as was golf’s Open Championship in Liverpool.
Jonathan Vautrey, meteorologist on the Met Office, stated: “The band of rain that we’ve currently got from Northern Ireland down to Wales and parts of central and southern England, such as Oxfordshire and Hampshire, will continue to push its way northwards overnight.
“By tomorrow morning, it will stall throughout the central swathe of the UK in Northern Ireland, northern England and components of north Wales.
“It primarily sits there for a fair amount of Sunday, particularly in England and Wales, which is why the Met Office has issued a yellow rain warning for that area.
“We have had a comparatively moist Saturday, so topping up with the rainfall anticipated fairly persistently all through Sunday does have the potential to trigger some journey disruption and points with any out of doors occasions going down via there.”
It could also be a calmer day for these within the southwest, southeast and central areas of England, with sunny spells among the many scattering of showers.
Scotland will even expertise sunnier climate, with temperatures more likely to keep within the low 20s.
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Temperatures in southern England are round common for the time of yr, however northern areas will really feel “particularly cool” within the rain and cloud.
The UK’s climate is in stark distinction to a lot of the continent, the place intense warmth has pushed the mercury previous 40C and, in the case of Greece, triggered wildfires.