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Warnings
Friday 19 October Published at 00:04
UK Warnings
Weather Warning
Friday 19th October
There are no weather warnings in force anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Flood Warning
Friday 19th October
There is currently 1 flood warning in force in England in the following region:
Anglian (1).
Further updates will appear here.
About the Met Office Weather Warnings
BBC Weather carries two types of weather warnings issued by the Met Office: Warnings and Early Warnings.
Warnings will be issued when severe weather is expected within the next 24 hours.
Early Warnings will be issued more than 24 hours ahead of severe weather.
There are three categories of event Red, Amber and Yellow - the most severe is Red.
A Warning and an Early Warning of the same colour have the same severity but are forecast to arrive at different times. Thus, the difference between a Red Warning and a Red Early Warning is the lead time of the event.
When a warning is in force, full information can be found at Met Office Weather Warnings
About the Environment Agency Flood Warnings
The flood warnings are issued by the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and sent to the BBC Weather Centre, we then issue a compendium of warnings based on the latest information available. When severe flood warnings are issued they will also be highlighted on TV broadcasts.
Find out more about Flood Warnings
There are a number of ways you find out whether your area is at risk from flooding. Both the Environment Agency (for England and Wales) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency update their warnings 24 hours a day via the Floodline number.
Floodline - 0845 988 1188
Monthly Outlook
Monday 15 October Published at 10:00
Monthly Outlook
Summary
A few weeks dominated by low pressure and rain.
Mists and mellow fruitfulness go out the window this week as deep depressions swing across the UK bringing heavy rain and strong winds. With the ground already saturated in some areas, any more rain will bring the threat of flooding.
Monday 15 October—Sunday 21 October
Turning wetter, windier but less cold.
Sunday night looks like being the coldest of the week with a frost in many rural areas and patchy fog too. After very few showers on Monday, a band of rain will sweep across all but northern Scotland on Monday night. Heaviest rain is expected over Northern Ireland, northern England and southern Scotland. Gradually drying up on Tuesday and the strong winds will ease.
It is only a brief respite though. From Tuesday night a succession of depressions are forecast to swing up from the southwest. Winds will be strong to gale force and temperatures should be higher. Rain is the biggest concern, heavy at times, there may be flooding for areas such as southwest England and Wales again. In a highly developmental set up like this it is difficult to accurately predict the timing of the rain bands.
The weekend sees low pressure to the north feeding in showers; together with the strong winds it may feel cooler.
Monday 22 October—Sunday 28 October
High confidence for unsettled weather.
Low pressure systems tracking over the UK will maintain the unsettled theme. It's western areas that are likely to see the heaviest rain, with an attendant flood risk. On the whole there should be limited frost. There is a signal for higher pressure near the southeast which would mean drier and sunnier spells here.
Sunday 28 October—Saturday 10 November
Less certain but no prolonged dry weather.
Rather mixed as we go into a new month. Wet and windy spells will be punctuated by periods of drier and more settled conditions. The best of the drier and brighter weather is expected over southern and eastern areas. Some overnight frosts are likely.
Next week
Any fireworks in the forecast?
Monthly forecasting
The weather beyond about a week ahead stretches even the most experienced weather forecaster. Complex numerical weather forecast models from the Met Office and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) are run many times for the month (and season) ahead to build up a picture of the likelihood of different weather types affecting the UK.Summary
Friday 19 October Published at 15:31
Summary
Most places dry and bright Saturday, but showers for some.
This Evening and Tonight
Further rain for parts of Scotland, with a few showers possible in northwest England, western Wales and Northern Ireland. Rain in the southeast will gradually clear. Otherwise largely dry with clear spells, and mist or fog patches quickly developing.
Saturday
Fog slowly clearing, then largely fine with some sunshine. Some showers are possible, especially in the north and west, with a spell of rain for the southeast during the evening.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday
Fine for most on Sunday once fog clears. Cloud and patchy rain will spread from the southeast later, continuing northwards on Monday. Cloudy with a few showers on Tuesday.
