Heavy Rain And Possible Flash Flooding 14/8/09 - 16/8/09

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Looks like some very heavy rain for parts of Scotland and England towards the end of the week with up to 80mm of rain forecast.

Use this thread to update you're local situation and any reports of flooding in the next few days.

weather warnings issued by the met office and metcheck.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html?day=2

Risk of disruption

Warning

Valid

UK regions:

North West England

Strathclyde

Central, Tayside & Fife

Highlands & Eilean Siar

SW Scotland, Lothian & Borders

Heavy Rain Fri 14 Aug

There is a moderate risk of heavy rainfall affecting parts of Western Scotland and Cumbria. Heavy and persistent rain is expected to give rainfall totals of 20 to 30mm fairly widely, with the potential for 40 to 50mm over higher ground.

Issued at: 1118 Wed 12 Aug

UK regions:

North West England

Strathclyde

Central, Tayside & Fife

Highlands & Eilean Siar

SW Scotland, Lothian & Borders

Heavy Rain Sat 15 Aug

There is a moderate risk of heavy rainfall affecting parts of Western Scotland and Cumbria.

Further heavy and persistent rain is likely to give rainfall totals of 20 to 30mm fairly widely, with the potential for 40 to 50mm on higher ground. Overall rainfall totals for Friday and Saturday in excess of 80mm are likely in a few places.

Issued at: 1129 Wed 12 Aug

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/warnings.asp

Forecasters Warning

Heavy and Persistent Rain

Affecting: West and northwest Scotland along with northwest England and parts of northern and western Ireland

Valid: 09:00 Friday 14th August - 22:00 Saturday 15th August 2009

This is a Weather Watch issued by Metcheck at 23:22 on Wednesday 12th August 2009.

A deepening Atlantic low is set stall close to northwest Scotland during Friday and Saturday, and its associated weather fronts will subsequently become slow moving over north-western Britain and Ireland.

With warm and moist air feeding in off the Atlantic, outbreaks of rain are likely to become heavy and persistent across western Scotland and northwest England as well as over northern and western parts of Ireland during Friday, before continuing for much of the following 36 hours or so.

The above areas are at risk of seeing over 50mm (2 inches) of rain during the course of Friday and Saturday - with up to 90mm of rainfall possible in some places.

This will bring the risk of localised flooding as well as making travelling conditions hazardous.

This Weather Watch will be updated later tomorrow, Thursday 13th August 2009.

Issued by: Paul Barber for Metcheck

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will update tomorrow and add regular updates through the weekend.