{"id":277070,"date":"2025-07-20T10:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T10:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/277070\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T10:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T10:06:11","slug":"met-office-issues-weather-warning-for-today-covering-greater-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/277070\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Office issues weather warning for TODAY covering Greater Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There could be a chance of flooding<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_HVR_MEN_200725_weather.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Yellow weather warnings are in place across the country(Image: Met Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Greater Manchester has been hit with a weather warning by the Met Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The yellow <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-weather\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">weather<\/a> warning for rain covers the north west of England today (July 20).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The warning is in place between 11am this morning and 10pm this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Never miss a story with the MEN&#8217;s daily Catch Up newsletter &#8211; get it in your inbox by signing up <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The forecaster is warning people to expect &#8216;showery rain, heavy and perhaps thundery&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The weather &#8216;may cause some localised surface water flooding on Sunday&#8217;, added the Met Office warning, saying that the &#8216;flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The body has told people to expect disruption, including bus and train services being affected, and journey times taking longer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Met Office has also advised that spray and flooding on roads might make journey times longer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">There may be &#8216;some interruption to power supplies and other services likely&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The forecaster said: &#8220;Showery outbreaks of rain, heavy and perhaps thundery in places, will move northwestwards from late Sunday morning and through the afternoon before gradually easing during the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Accumulations of 10-20 mm are expected fairly widely, with a few places potentially receiving as much as 40 mm, much of this falling in just a few hours. This could lead to some surface water flooding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join our Family WhatsApp group <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/BEALASuz5fAK0G9A3XGW0t\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Met Office issued advice alongside the warning, saying: &#8220;Check if your property could be at risk of flooding. If so, consider preparing a flood plan and an emergency flood kit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Give yourself the best chance of avoiding delays by checking road conditions if driving, or bus and train timetables, amending your travel plans if necessary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;People cope better with power cuts when they have prepared for them in advance. It\u2019s easy to do; consider gathering torches and batteries, a mobile phone power pack and other essential items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Be prepared for weather warnings to change quickly: when a weather warning is issued, the Met Office recommends staying up to date with the weather forecast in your area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A separate <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/met-office-issues-new-yellow-32093133\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">weather warning for thunderstorms is also in place<\/a> for Monday (July 21), covering large sections of the UK including Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The new yellow warning comes into effect on Monday (July 21) at 11am and will stay in place until 9pm that night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Weather-warning-July-21.jpg\" alt=\"Met Office issues yellow weather warning for thunderstorm on Monday, July 21\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Met Office issues yellow weather warning(Image: Met Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Issuing the warning, the Met Office said: &#8220;Scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected during Monday, especially during the afternoon and early evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;While many will miss the worst conditions, a few places could see 30-50 mm of rain within a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Heavy downpours of rain will be the primary hazard but lightning strikes are also likely along with the potential for hail.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There could be a chance of floodingYellow weather warnings are in place across the country(Image: Met Office) Greater&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[279,748,1285,393,4884,2465,2768,1286,1170,1290,1288,1026,1289,16,1190,15,1287],"class_list":{"0":"post-277070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-bolton","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-bury","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-manchester-weather","15":"tag-oldham","16":"tag-rochdale","17":"tag-salford","18":"tag-stockport","19":"tag-tameside","20":"tag-trafford","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-uk-weather","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-wigan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114885006998044325","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277070","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=277070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}