UK weather forecast – Met Office weather warnings as 36 HOURS of rain threatens more flooding
BRITS will be hit with another 36 hours of rain, threatening more homes to be flooded.
The Met Office has issued a Yellow weather warning for thunderstorms for today and tomorrow for much of the South East and East of England.
Bonnie Diamond, Met Office forecaster, told The Sun Online: “Showery rain will spread from the South towards eastern parts of England and then the rain will turn heavy overnight in to thunderstorms.
“That means tomorrow will be a pretty wet day with eastern parts the UK have already seen a wet week last week and can cause more problems in terms of flooding.”
The Met Office has warned thunderstorms may bring ” torrential rain, hail and lightning to a few places, with potential disruption to travel and flooding”.
Homes and businesses are at risk of being damaged and trains and bus services could get cancelled.
Ms Diamond said up to millimetres of rain could fall in some areas.
She said: “Heavy showers can still develop at times and then the possibility of thunderstorms late tomorrow morning and after in the South, central and castern parts of England.
“It is quite difficult to forecast in terms of specific locations but there is a change throughout the warning period that thunderstorms can merge into prolonged rainfall.
“Generally speaking it 15mm to 30mm of rain can fall, but in some locations it could reach up to 50mm.”
She said the thundery showers bring a risk of “hail, lightning and gusty winds”.
However, not everyone is set to get drenched.
Ms Diamond added: “Not everywhere ill be very wet.
“Parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland will see sunny spells today and tomorrow.”
It appears to be good news for this upcoming weekend.
Mr Diamond said: “It is promising news from Thursday as we wil will have brighter weather and drier weather and with spots of sunshine.
“Temperatures will rise into the low 20s for many parts of the South.”
MONSOON LOOMS
The ‘European Monsoon’ phenomenon was blamed by The Weather Outlook.
The Met Office, which says the ‘European Monsoon’ is caused by westerly winds regaining strength in late June, said the South-East is due dry periods with wet intervals into July, with the North-West wetter.
June 1-13’s average UK maximum temperature was 15.5C.
The last time the average UK maximum temperature was colder over the whole of June was 1991’s 14.8C, Met Office records show.
SEVERE FLOODS
Sinkholes forced the M25 to close down last week as relentless thunderstorms and flash floods sparked weather warnings and travel chaos across England.
Drivers were advised to avoid all but necessary road travel after more than one month’s rain fell in just 24 hours in parts of Kent and East Sussex.
Hundreds of homes were evacuated in a Lincolnshire town following severe flooding, as the local MP has said residents are “by no means out of the woods yet”.
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Residents in at least 590 homes in Wainfleet and Thorpe Culvert were told to leave as waters continued to surge on Saturday, with further heavy rain predicted.
The town first flooded on Wednesday after more than two months’ worth of rain fell in two days, causing the River Steeping to burst its banks.
On Friday, three RAF helicopters dropped 270 one-tonne sandbags in an attempt to repair the bank.
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