Brace yourselves for a soggy Monday morning (Picture: PA/Metro Graphics)
In a welcome change from the usual wet and windy weather, this week will see the weather be wet and windy.
But it’ll be even wetter than usual in Britain, with the amount of rain bucketing it down in the week ahead set to make it the wettest February in 258 years.
In other words, don’t head out without an umbrella this week.
The Met Office has warned that parts of the south east are at risk of flooding, with a yellow weather warning in effect until 9am today.
Morning commutes will likely drag on for longer than usual, the national weather service says, with delays and cancellations likely.
‘There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings,’ the weather warning says.
This particular corner of England will be pretty wet today (Picture: Metro Graphics)
But this won’t be the last of the rain, with bands forecast for tomorrow, Wednesday and even heavier rainfall set for Thursday.
Overall, 129mm of rain – two-and-a-half times the 48mm average – will have drenched Britain by the end of the month, Met Office figures show.
Central England needs just 5mm more rain by Thursday to break the overall February record.
‘Monday has rain and stronger winds in the south-east, with rain spreading on Tuesday, and Wednesday seeing further rain arrive from the west,’ forecasters say.
‘Rain will turn heavy at times through Thursday as a broad band of cloud and rain is likely to spread across much of the UK.
‘Friday and through the weekend has areas of showers sometimes banding together for longer spells of rain.’
Officials say flooding is widely expected along the southern coast (Picture: Getty Images)
As of yesterday evening, the Environment Agency has issued 52 red flood warnings up and down England mainly in the south and the midlands. This means flooding is ‘expected’.
Most of the southern coast has been blanketed by amber flood alerts, with flooding ‘possible’ in 189 locations.
‘Flooding is probable across parts of the south and midlands on Monday, with river response into Tuesday in the south east,’ environmental officials say.
‘Groundwater flooding is possible throughout this week in parts of the south.
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‘Lands, roads and some properties may flood and there may be travel disruption.’
Channel 4 weatherman Liam Dutton said some parts of the UK have seen up to three times more rain than usual for February.
‘The ground is currently saturated quite widely across the UK, making flooding possible even with modest amounts of rainfall,’ he added.
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