How long rain is forecast for in Greater Manchester as Met Office warning issued

It's set to be a very rainy day in Greater Manchester today - with a yellow Met Office weather warning in force.

Heavy downpours are forecast for much of our region this morning (Wednesday). According to the Met Office, they are expected to last until at least lunchtime.

But there won't be much let off, as light showers are forecast throughout the afternoon before more heavy downpours later this evening. The heavy rain is then expected to fall into the early hours of tomorrow before cloudy and sunny conditions set in at around 8am.

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A Met Office yellow rain warning came into force at 6pm yesterday and will last until 12pm today. The warning covers all of Greater Manchester, as well as other regions in the North West, parts of the West Midlands, the South West and Wales.

Forecasters predict that the heavy rain in these areas '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.

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."

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