The Met Office is predicting heavy rain in Bristol today (January 3) with a 90-95% chance of downpours for most of the day. So if you're heading back to work, it's certainly worth donning your big rain coats and packing your umbrellas.
Heavy rain is forecast to begin from around 5am, with a possible brief interval at around 11am before the rain continues to pour into the evening and overnight. What's more, a number of flood warnings and alerts are in place, including in Lower and Upper Frome and Avon (and tributaries), the mid-Bristol Avon area, upper-Bristol Avon area and West Somerset streams. You can find the full list here.
The Met Office flood forecast for the next five days reads: "Local flooding from rivers and surface water is possible later today and on Wednesday for parts of north west England, and from rivers for parts of the West Midlands. Local flooding is also possible but not expected for the moors in south west England later today and tomorrow.
