UK weather: Brits battle blustery showers with yellow rain warning TODAY – as exact date sunshine returns is revealed
BRITS are set to battle blustery showers today as England is hit with a yellow weather warning.
The south of the country is being warned that heavy rain will sweep across as Storm Ciarán moves into the North Sea.
According to the Met Office, there is a small possibility homes and businesses could be flooded with deep or fast-flowing floodwater.
The warning, which came into force at 5am today, will stay in place until midnight tonight.
Frank Saunders, Chief Forecaster with the Met Office, said: “After the events of this week, the forecast is moving into a period of fairly typical autumnal weather, with breezy conditions and spells of rain and showers, interspersed with some clearer and brighter periods.
“We still have warnings in the forecast, partly because the ground is already so wet but overall conditions are expected to be less impactful than we’ve seen over the last few days.
“Aside from scattered showers in the north and west of the UK, Bonfire Night (Sunday) will be largely dry and settled, although temperatures will be dipping compared with values last week.”
And although there will be some sun for many tomorrow – intonext week, conditions remain unsettled.
It comes after a number of schools across the UK were still shut yesterday after Storm Ciaran lashed the country.
The storm also caused a major sewage overflow and leaving thousands of families without tap water in and around Southampton.
Southern Water said: “We’re really sorry that customers are likely to experience either low pressure or a loss of water supply.
“This is due to Storm Ciarán’s unprecedented impact on the water quality and levels of the River Test, close to our Testwood Water Supply Works.
“This has made it extremely difficult for us to abstract water and treat it for drinking water, and has led to a temporary site shutdown.
“As a result, we are struggling to fill reservoirs in some areas of southern Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
“Our teams are working around the clock to get our Testwood site back working as soon as possible as stormwater levels fall and water quality improves.”
“If you are concerned or are a vulnerable customer and need access to bottled water as a priority, please call us on 0330 303 0368.”
Storm Ciaran set a new record for the lowest mean sea level pressure recorded in England and Wales in November.
The heaviest rain was recorded in the Hampshire villages of Leek and Middle Wallop, where 37.6mm.