{"id":115098,"date":"2025-11-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/?p=115098"},"modified":"2025-11-12T11:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:29:39","slug":"just-hours-away-the-next-wave-of-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/just-hours-away-the-next-wave-of-heavy-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Hours Away: The Next Wave of Heavy Rain Is about to Drench Greater Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Tuesday, <strong>heavy rain<\/strong> swept across the region, forcing the suspension of Stockport County\u2019s home match against Wigan Athletic due to unsafe pitch conditions. Localised flooding  was reported across several areas, including Cheadle Hulme, Tottington, and Whitworth, prompting concerns over drainage and infrastructure resilience as wet weather continues into the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Localised Flooding Follows Tuesday\u2019s Weather Disruption<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <strong>Met Office<\/strong>, rainfall across Greater Manchester on Tuesday was prolonged enough to cause significant surface water issues in low-lying or poorly drained areas. Reports on social media highlighted problems on <strong>Hesketh Bridge in Cheadle Hulme<\/strong>, <strong>Bank Street in Tottington<\/strong>, and <strong>Eastgate in Whitworth<\/strong>, where residents described water pooling along roads and pavements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the impact on travel and events, including the near hour-long delay during Stockport County\u2019s match at Edgeley Park, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.metoffice.gov.uk\/warnings-and-advice\/uk-warnings#?date=2025-11-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Met Office<\/a><\/strong> did not issue a formal weather warning for the North West. In contrast, <strong>yellow weather alerts<\/strong> for heavy rain were in place for parts of South Wales and the South West of England on Wednesday, underscoring the <strong>regional variability<\/strong> in the UK\u2019s weather systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By early Wednesday morning, conditions across Greater Manchester had stabilised, with <strong>dry and cloudy skies<\/strong> observed across much of the region. However, forecasters noted a shift expected by midday, with cloud thickening and <strong>light showers<\/strong> predicted to develop from around <strong>2pm<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/met-offices-urgent-warning-18-hour-rain\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"114859\">Rain <\/a>is expected to intensify later in the day, becoming <strong>heavy from 4pm<\/strong> and persisting through the early evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Further rain will affect the south of the UK this morning, turning particularly heavy over parts of southern Wales and southwest England \u26a0\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bWN7VIxKNl\">pic.twitter.com\/bWN7VIxKNl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Met Office (@metoffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metoffice\/status\/1988487060466884882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rain to Ease Overnight as Milder Temperatures Continue<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>forecast<\/strong> indicates that Wednesday\u2019s heavy rainfall will <strong>ease after 9pm<\/strong>, gradually returning to lighter showers and eventually dry conditions during the early hours of Thursday. While the rain is likely to raise concerns for saturated ground and potential surface water hazards, no formal warnings have been issued for Greater Manchester as of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meteorologists expect <strong>mild temperatures<\/strong> to continue through mid-November, with highs of <strong>15\u00b0C<\/strong> and <strong>overnight lows remaining around 10\u00b0C<\/strong>. This is slightly above seasonal norms, a pattern that has become increasingly common in recent autumns across the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday is expected to offer a <strong>short reprieve<\/strong> from the unsettled conditions, with <strong>sunny intervals<\/strong> likely in the morning and early afternoon before skies become overcast once again in the evening. Maximum temperatures will remain steady at <strong>14\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, while no severe weather alerts have been posted for Greater Manchester, residents are advised to stay informed through <strong>official Met Office updates<\/strong>, especially given the recent trend of <strong>localised but impactful rainfall events<\/strong>. With drainage systems already under pressure in some areas, even moderate rain can pose problems for travel and infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater Manchester faces another wet and unsettled afternoon as forecasters warn of renewed downpours, just a day after streets were left flooded in parts of the region. While no official weather warning has been issued locally, persistent rain and saturated ground are expected to bring further disruption during the late afternoon and evening hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":115101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115099,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115098\/revisions\/115099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}