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Met Office issue weather warning for Greater Manchester
by Ashlie Blakey · Manchester Evening NewsThe Met Office has issued a new rain warning ahead of heavy downpours later today and overnight.
The warning, which covers all of Greater Manchester, will come into force at 6pm today (Tuesday) and will last until 12pm tomorrow. Forecasters predict that during this time, heavy rain 'may lead to some travel disruption and flooding in places'.
The downpours could lead to delays or cancellation on buses or trains, as well as some flooding on roads with a 'small chance' of flooding to homes and businesses. As well as our region, the warning also covers other regions in the North West, parts of the West Midlands, the South West and Wales.
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In Greater Manchester, after a relatively overcast and cloudy day today, the heavy showers are set to start falling late this evening. Forecasters predict the downpours will begin from around 11pm and will continue into the early hours of Wednesday morning.
More cloudy conditions are then expected through tomorrow morning, with lighter showers forecast again during the afternoon. Strong wind gusts of up to 30mph are also predicted overnight.
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On the yellow rain warning, the Met Office said: "Areas of heavy rain are expected to develop and push north across the warning area. Rain will develop in southwest England late afternoon, before becoming heavier and expanding north on Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday.
"Many places will see around 10-20 mm of rain, but there is a chance some locations may see considerably more than this over a six hour period, most likely parts of southwest England and south Wales. A few places may see 50-80 mm of rain fall in 6 hours.
"Isolated thunderstorms are also possible in the south of the warning area, with lightning an additional hazard."