{"id":106951,"date":"2025-05-16T18:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106951\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T18:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:30:09","slug":"uk-storm-forecast-with-550-mile-rain-wall-list-of-counties-not-hit-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106951\/","title":{"rendered":"UK storm forecast with 550-mile rain wall &#8211; list of counties not hit | Weather | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Britain looks set to get soaked by a 550-mile wall of rain, with downpours possible across much of the country. A new <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/weather-maps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather map<\/a> from WXCharts suggests that expected warm weather will likely be interrupted by a rain bomb at midday on May 24. It indicates rainfall from the most southerly point of the <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK<\/a> mainland \u2014 Lizard Point in <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/cornwall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cornwall<\/a> \u2014 to as far north as Aberdeenshire. All counties in Wales and large parts of England and Scotland could see rain. The rain is likely to be less than 1mm per hour in most parts but some cities \u2014 including Newcastle and <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh<\/a> \u2014 could see wetter conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Berwickshire could see the heaviest rain, up up to 4mm per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The weather map shows that <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a> looks set to be mostly dry, with much of England\u2019s south and south-east on course to stay rain-free.<\/p>\n<p>Much of <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/northern-ireland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Ireland<\/a> will likely be dry but all six counties could see some light showers.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the counties that won\u2019t be hit by the rain, according to the <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/weather-maps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>England<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Berkshire<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Buckinghamshire<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Hampshire<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Kent<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Surrey<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Oxfordshire<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>West Sussex<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Wiltshire<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scotland\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Caithness<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Nairnshire<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Sutherland<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The rain could come amid some warm conditions with above average temperatures expected to continue.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/met-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Met Office<\/a>\u2019s long-range forecast for between May 21 &#8211; May 30 says: \u201cA generally dry and fine end to the working week with light winds and warm sunshine continuing across the United Kingdom. A few showers are possible, but the majority of places will be dry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTemperatures during this time are likely to continue to be above normal for the time of year. Into the bank holiday weekend and following week, a change in weather type is expected. More unsettled conditions are likely to develop, with weather systems moving in from the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">\u201cThis will bring spells of rain to many areas, perhaps heavy at times, with a risk of strong winds in places. Drier and brighter intervals are likely between systems. Temperatures will probably be near normal or slightly above.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Britain experienced its hottest start to May on record after temperatures exceeded 29C in Kew Gardens, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a>, earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britain looks set to get soaked by a 550-mile wall of rain, with downpours possible across much of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[393,12,1144,712,16,1190,15,1764,8609,10881],"class_list":{"0":"post-106951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-northern-ireland","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-uk-weather","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales","17":"tag-weather-section","18":"tag-weather-maps"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114518938418704763","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}