Early Weather Warning Heavy Rain seiten=3 abk=warning

Regional risk assessment for the following areas
- East Midlands(60%)
- NE England(60%)
- NW England(60%)
- West Midlands(60%)
- Yorkshire & Humber(60%)
- Wales(60%)
- East of England(40%)
- All of Northern Ireland(40%)
- Central Tayside & Fife(40%)
- Dumfries and Galloway, Lothian & Borders(40%)
- Strathclyde(40%)
- All other regions less than 20%

Issued by the Met Office at 11:26 on Friday, 18th January 2008
Valid from 21:00 on Sunday, 20th January 2008 until 18:00 on Monday, 21st January 2008

The Met Office are expecting a further period of persistent and locally heavy rain on Sunday night and during Monday. The heaviest rain is expected across the northern half of England and north Wales with widespread rainfall amounts of 25 to 30 mm and locally 40 to 80 mm, along with a risk of up to 100 mm over hills. Localised flooding is likely where ground is already saturated and there could be some disruption to transport networks. This warning will be updated by 1200 on Saturday 19th January 2008.