Hopes for storm to ease as Bronagh moves on
We have got reasonably good weather anticipated.
Grahame Madge, Met Office on prospects now that Storm Branagh has headed out to sea.
HEAVY RAINFALL and powerful gusts brought by Storm Bronagh are set to ease over the weekend as the weather system moves into the North Sea, forecasters have said.
Coming hot on the heels of Storm Ali, the second named storm of the year has caused travel misery and widespread disruption, with fallen trees and flooding blocking roads and rail routes.
Forecasters said the impact of Bronagh is “waning”, and is mostly restricted to offshore areas in the North East.
Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said: “We have got reasonably good weather conditions anticipated over the next few days, given that Storm Bronagh is now leaving our shores.”
Mr Madge said forecasters anticipate nationwide sunshine and showers in the coming days, with some strong winds still anticipated.
Today is expected to bring rain from the South-West into the South-East and the Midlands as the day draws on.
Tomorrow forecasters are anticipating the arrival of another low pressure system, although Mr Madge said it will be “perhaps not as bad as first feared”.
At its worst, Bronagh brought heavy rain and showers as it swept across the country yesterday, with 78mph gusts recorded overnight in the Needles on the Isle of Wight. Sheffield saw half a month’s rain fall in the space of just 24 hours.