The wet weather is back in full strength in the North West and the Midlands tomorrow according to the Met Office weather forecast.

Advisory of severe or extreme weather
These advisories are issued by 1100 daily as routine and indicate confidence of expected severe or extreme weather. Early warnings and Flash Warnings supersede advisories when confidence levels are 60% or greater.

Risk of disruption

Warning

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UK regions:

North West England
Wales
Heavy Rain Wed 18 Jun
There is a moderate risk of a severe weather event affecting Cumbria, Lancashire and parts of Wales on Wednesday. There is the potential for 20 to 30mm of rainfall, perhaps with as much as 50 to 70mm over high ground.

Issued at: 0459 Tue 17 Jun

With the UK at increasing risk of monsoon rainfall due to climate change, the Met Office is channelling a large proportion of its£10 million research programme in 2008 into finding ways of predicting extreme rainfall - this time last year the UK received the largest combined rainfall since records began in 1766.

A new computer modelling system will now provide multiple “what if” forecasts of how weather might develop over a period of time. Whilst the Met Office has always been able to pick out possible extreme events - severe weather warnings - they were less able to calculate how likely they were to occur until a relatively short period of time before.

Flooding is now a huge issue for many parts of the UK and this early warning system should help the emergency services to evacuate more people from their homes and help to reduce the level of insurance claims - last years floods caused £3 billion of damage.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7453522.stm

Having our rain fall in buckes highlights the importance of rainwater harvesting systems for our homes. Research suggests that a third of all home buyers are more likely to buy a house if it has a rainwater harvesting system. Check out these excellent sites to source one for your home and to use the rain water in the garden: http://www.savetherain.info/

http://www.freerain.co.uk/

http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk/

http://www.envireau.co.uk/

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