‘Yellow Weather Warning’ For Heavy Rain Issued For Wrexham Over Weekend

A weather warning for heavy rain in the Wrexham area has been issued for this weekend. 

The ‘Yellow Weather Warning’ for heavy rain was issued by the Met Office this morning, with the bad weather expected to last from 3pm on Saturday afternoon through to 3am on Monday morning.

Areas across North Wales are expected to be hit with the bad weather, with a warning about the possibility of flooding in some parts also issued.

A statement issued by the Met Office this morning notes that: “A frontal system is expected to become slow-moving across parts of northwest Wales, northwest England and southwest Scotland. Rain associated with this feature is expected to become heavy and persistent, especially over hills exposed to the strong westerly flow.

“Flooding is possible either from standing water or from rivers which have remained high after the large rainfall totals seen in these areas over the last few days.”

Animation showing #StormAbigail which could bring gusts of up to 90mph to parts of #Scotland https://t.co/sVmV5tDaMD

— Met Office (@metoffice) November 12, 2015

Wrexham’s unseasonably warm November weather is also expected to dip slightly over the weekend – with temperatures returning to 14C and below.

The Chief Forecasters Assessment of the bad weather expected over the weekend states: “A strong, moist westerly flow is expected to develop during Saturday and last through Sunday before clearing to the southeast on Monday.

“A frontal system aligned within this flow is expected to bring a period of heavy and persistent rain, this aided by tropical air being entrained into the system. Many parts of the warning area are likely to see 70-100 mm of rain, with some of the more exposed parts of north Wales and northwest England possibly seeing as much as 150-200 mm through the period.

“This amount of additional rainfall falling on to already saturated ground is likely to lead to flooding, either from standing water, or from rivers bursting their banks.

“There is some uncertainty in the exact areas likely to be affected by the heaviest rain, perhaps more especially southwest Scotland. As such, this warning will be kept under review to hone areas most at risk of the heaviest rain, and to potentially escalate to an Amber, should significant impacts become more likely.”