A TEN-hour storm warning will be in place in Warrington for most of today, Thursday.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for ‘intense’ thunderstorms and torrential downpours covering the entire north of England.
It will come into force at 10am this morning and will remain in place through to 8pm this evening.
This is not the forecast organisers of cycling’s Tour of Britain were hoping for, which is expected to arrive at the Golden Gates between 3.30pm and 3.45pm.
A Met Office spokesman said: “Following overnight rain and showers, more intense showers and thunderstorms are expected to break out fairly widely from late-morning, before easing during the evening.
“While most areas will miss the most intense storms, torrential downpours are possible in a few places.
“Where these occur, there is potential for 20 to 30mm of rain in less than an hour, and up to 40mm in two hours.
“This would have the potential to generate surface water flooding, especially if it falls over an urban area.”
Here is your hour-by-hour forecast for Warrington:
10am – cloudy, 19C
11am – cloudy, 19C
Midday – cloudy, 20C
1pm – sunny intervals, 21C
2pm – heavy showers, 22C
3pm – light rain, 21C
4pm – light rain, 21C
5pm – thunderstorms, 20C
6pm – light shower, 20C
7pm – light shower, 20C
8pm – thunderstorms, 19C
9pm – light shower, 19C
10pm – cloudy, 19C
11pm – cloudy, 18C
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