London weather: Heavy downpours set to hit capital amid deluges across UK

Heavy downpour: London is set to be hit by torrential rain overnight
Anthony Devlin/PA
Fiona Simpson2 August 2016

Late night downpours look set to batter the capital as deluges swamp parts of the UK.

Heavy rain is likely to hit London around midnight, the Met Office has warned.

Forecaster Graham Madge told the Standard that despite it not “looking likely” that the capital would suffer an onslaught of rain like the north of England, heavy downpours from the Channel could cause problems overnight.

He said: “Dependent on the trajectories a heavy shower coming over the Chanel could hit the southern counties, coming towards London around midnight.”

Half-a-month's worth of rain fell in parts of the UK last night due to a weather system bringing warm, moist air from the Atlantic.

West Glamorgan in Wales saw about 39.2m of rain fall in just 12 hours.

With national rainfall averages for the month of August coming in at 89.5mm, Met Office meteorologist Mark Wilson said it was "quite a lot", especially after a dry July.

He added: "Quite a few places in the south of the UK - the West Country in particular - saw about an inch of rain or 25mm-30mm.

"Interestingly, last month, the Isle of Wight saw barely any rain at all - yet through the course of that 12-hour period on Monday they saw 23m of rain at St Catherine's Point."

Swanage in Dorset recorded 33.6mm in 12 hours, Wych Cross in East Sussex saw just over 26.4mm in that same period and Larkhill in Wiltshire saw 23.2mm.

Mr Wilson said: "The rain is gradually easing off, but it is still hanging around across some southern counties, so it will bring some further rain over the course of today."

Last month saw Londoners bask in glorious sunshine on the hottest day of the year so-far as temperatures soared above 30C after flash floods submerged parts of London in June.

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