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Grab your umbrella because the last days of September are set to be gloomy with heavy rain, strong winds and four days of yellow weather warnings. Autumn is well and truly on its way, with the Met Office issuing 25 weather warnings of ‘persistent’ rain and a risk of flooding across the north west and south west of England and Wales on Saturday and Sunday.
The Met Office said Brits could face travel disruption over the weekend, with ‘lots of spray on the roads’ and some ‘coastal issues’ as the UK sees the ‘highest spring tide of the year’. Areas such as Devon and Cornwall could see coastal gales of up to 50mph, with high tides and strong waves. Meanwhile, the entry sliproad of the M65 at junction 10 for Burnley, Lancashire, has been closed due to flooding. There will be sunny spells and showers across England and Wales on Saturday morning, before the worst of the weather arrives later in the evening.Four weather warnings have been issued across Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Bangor, Swansea and Cardiff, which will be in place from 6pm on Saturday until 5pm on Sunday.Flooding is expected in some parts of the UK Two women brace the weather at Porthcawl Elvis Festival in south Wales About 30mm and 40mm is expected to fall in a short space of time within the warning area over the weekend, while there could be ‘up to 70mm on the hills’. Meteorologist Luke Miall said: ‘The UK will experience high tides this weekend, and combined with strong winds may cause some issues and coastal flooding.The miserable weather follows on from an unsettled Friday, which saw a water spout form near the Isle of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Weather warnings have already led to the cancellation of the inaugural Regatta London race, which was due to take place on the River Thames on Sunday.Organisers said they were unable to safely run the event due to ‘stormy weather’ affecting the river’s water quality. Meanwhile, in Merseyside the final four races at Haydock Park were cancelled due to waterlogged conditions on Saturday.A swimmer made his way into the rough seas off Bournemouth beach in Dorset Weather warnings are in place in the north west and south west of England and Wales on Saturday and Sunday Some areas will need to be on high alert this weekend Trains have already been disrupted in Cumbria due to flooding in Brampton, causing delays to trains between Carlisle and Newcastle – although National Rail said trains were beginning to return to normal shortly before 9am on Saturday. Temperatures are expected to remain in the mid-teens in the north of England and in the high teens towards the south east.Saturday will be mostly sunny with some rain in London, but ‘heavy showers’, thunder and gusts of up to 30mph are forecast for Sunday.Mainland Scotland should see sunshine and showers, but the north and north east have been issued with a yellow weather warning until 1pm on Saturday, ahead of a very wet night.The windy and wet weather will be pushed north east across England and Wales into Northern Ireland.Wind and rain is forecast for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland throughout most of Sunday.Got a story for Metro.co.uk?
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