Yellow weather warnings for rain remain in effect for parts of England and Wales as Storm Herminia continues to bring heavy precipitation. The storm follows on the heels of Storm Eowyn, which caused travel disruptions in the region. The Met Office warns that localized flooding and road closures are possible due to the persistent rainfall. Strong winds are also expected in southern England and Wales, with gusts reaching up to 70 mph near coastal areas. While the rain warning for Wales is set to expire late Tuesday, Storm Herminia is expected to move away from the UK by Wednesday, bringing a respite from the unsettled weather.
Yellow weather warnings for rain will continue into today after Storm Herminia caused disruption across parts of England and Wales. In more recent days, Storm Éowyn battered parts of the UK, including Merseyside , causing travel chaos in the region as a double yellow and amber weather warning for wind was issued. Saturday then saw Storm Éowyn clear away from the UK, before another low-pressure system moved in on Sunday.
Storm Herminia was named by the Spanish meteorological office and did not meet the criteria to be named by the Met Office. Now, the Met Office has issued further weather warnings for parts of the UK today, January 28, with 'further frequent showers and spells of rain' potentially leading to localised flooding and disruption. The warnings are in place across Wales, part of the West Midlands, London and South East England and South West England. The Met Office said: 'On top of the widespread 20-30 mm of rain, and with some places seeing as much as 40mm of rain, a further 20-30mm, and very isolated totals of 50-60mm, are expected through Monday and Tuesday, before rain and showers finally begin to ease.' The Met Office added how spray and flooding will likely lead to difficult driving conditions and possibly even some road closures. Bus and train services will probably be affected with journey times taking longer and flooding of a few properties is possible. There are currently no weather warnings in place for Merseyside. Yesterday, January 27, Met Office Chief Meteorologist Frank Saunders said: 'A deep area of low pressure brought further strong winds, heavy rain and some thunderstorms to the south of the UK on Sunday. 'This system stays around for much of Monday and Monday night, bringing further bands of blustery showers, especially to the south before slowly easing on Tuesday. With the ground already wet, further flooding impacts, which will primarily affect road traffic, are possible. Additional hazards could include further lightning strikes and hail making road conditions dangerous. “Strong winds will also affect southern parts of England and Wales through Monday and at first on Tuesday, with gusts of up to 60 or 70mph possible near the coasts in the far southwest, and around 50mph possible inland especially near to the heaviest showers. The strong winds will also gradually ease from the west on Tuesday. Temperatures will be close to the seasonal average but feeling colder than this in the strong and gusty winds in the south.” The rain warning for parts of Wales does not end until 9pm today. Storm Herminia is expected to then move away from the UK by Wednesday, January 29, bringing a day of sunny spells and showers, which could be thundery in the north and wintry on the hills. The Met Office said we also need to keep an eye on an area of heavy rain crossing France and the English Channel. Although as of yesterday, it looked like it was just grazing southern coastal counties of England
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