Bolton to be hit with heavy rain as weather warning issued
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The yellow warning has been in place since 5pm yesterday, January 1 and will be in place until 5pm today, January 2.
According to the weather forecaster, heavy rain falling on saturated ground is likely to cause some travel disruption.
Residents can expect showers which may lead to some flooding and disruption to travel.
They can also expect spray and flooding on roads making journey times longer, and bus and train services may be impacted.
A spokesperson for the Met Office said: “Following recent wet weather, further spells of rain, heavy in places are expected.
“Over the warning period, 15 to 30 mm rain is likely to fall fairly widely, with a few places seeing 35 to 50 mm.”
🌧️ Make the most of any drier weather on Tuesday morning as for most of us it will be in short supply
⚠️ Heavy and persistent rain for many, especially in the south, but very mild here
🌬️ Very windy in northern Scotland and southern Britain
Stay #WeatherAware pic.twitter.com/dT5XLxxNCO
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 1, 2024
Bolton’s hour by hour weather forecast:
10am: Light rain: 8°C with wind gusts of 18mph.
11am: Light rain: 9°C with wind gusts of 16mph.
12pm: Heavy rain: 9°C with wind gusts of 12mph.
1pm: Heavy rain: 9°C with wind gusts of 8mph.
2pm: Heavy rain: 8°C with wind gusts of 7mph.
3pm: Heavy rain: 8°C with wind gusts of 8mph.
4pm: Heavy rain: 8°C with wind gusts of 13mph.
5pm: Heavy showers: 8°C with wind gusts of 16mph.
6pm: Heavy rain: 8°C with wind gusts of 21mph.
7pm: Heavy rain: 8°C with wind gusts of 21mph.
8pm: Light rain: 6°C with wind gusts of 24mph.
9pm: Light rain: 8°C with wind gusts of 23mph.
10pm: Light showers: 8°C with wind gusts of 24mph.
11pm: cloudy: 7°C with wind gusts of 20mph.
Midnight: Partly cloudy: 7°C with wind gusts of 19mph.
Into the early hours of the morning, the weather is forecast to be cloudy.
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