Portsmouth weather: Rainy conditions set to continue as further yellow weather warning announced by Met Office

It was a rainy end to the week in the Portsmouth area with autumn looming on the horizon (or already here depending what calendar you go by). It would also appear that the wet weather is here to stay with the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning for rain which covers much of the country between 9pm today (September 7) and 6pm tomorrow.

A Met Office spokesperson said: “Whilst there remains some uncertainty with exact details, areas of heavy and at times thundery rain are expected to spread north, then west, across England and Wales from this evening and overnight.

“These areas of heavy rain may become more persistent across western areas during Sunday daytime whilst slow-moving heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop further east.”

There is uncertainty in terms of how much this will impact the Portsmouth area but rainfall is expected to be heavier in the southern areas of the warning zone. The warning zone runs from Manchester to the south coast encompassing the south west and south east.

The Met Office spokesperson added: “Rainfall amounts will vary considerably across the warning area with some locations seeing less than 10 mm of rainfall whilst others see 40-60 mm of rain. There is a lower chance that a few spots within the warning area could see 80-100 mm of rain by the end of Sunday which may fall in a fairly small period of time.

“These higher totals are slightly more probable in the southern half of the warning area. Given this region has also seen a lot of rain since Thursday, impacts may be more likely than would normally be expected for the time of year here.”

The Met Office recommend checking road conditions before travelling as well as bus and train timetables which could experience delays.