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Alexandra Rucki

Manchester weather: As Britain is set to be battered by heavy rain and thunderstorms this is what the weather will be like in your borough

Heavy rain overnight has caused transport chaos across Greater Manchester and forecasters have warned more is yet to come.

A yellow weather alert warning of heavy rain has been issued by the Met Office.

The warning covers the whole of the region and is in place from 12am this morning until midnight tonight.

According to the Met Office website there could be possible power cuts due to lightning strikes, road closures, transport disruption and flooding to properies.

The Met Office said: "Rain will be persistent and heavy in places across parts of central, northern and eastern England and north-east Wales at first on Wednesday.

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"During the day rain may turn more showery in places but with a higher chance of thunderstorms by afternoon.

"Some parts of northern England could see as much as 40-60mm of rain through Wednesday, while thunderstorms could produce as much as 30-40 mm in 1-2 hours."

Manchester City centre during a spell of rain (Manchester Evening News)

Three flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency for Manchester and surrounding areas with Borsdane and Hockery Brook in Hindley, Poynton Brook and parts of Armcon Business Park, in Poynton and River Wye at Lytton Mill.

The A555 Airport link road has flooded again from A5102 Woodford Road, in Bramhall, to the A35 Handforth Bypass.

Thunderstorm in Rochdale. (Sarah Woodward)

There are also road closures in place in Wigan and the M56 Princess Parkway in Wythenshawe.

This is when the heavy rain is expected to arrive in your borough in Greater Manchester:

Manchester

1pm - Heavy rain, 20C

2pm - Light shower, 20C

3pm - Heavy rain, 20C

4pm - Heavy shower, 20C

5pm - Heavy shower, 20C

6pm - Light shower, 19C

7pm - Light shower, 19C

8pm - Light shower, 19C

Oldham

12pm - Heavy rain, 17C

1pm - Heavy shower, 18C

2pm - Light rain, 17C

3pm - Heavy rain, 17C

4pm - Light shower, 18C

5pm - Light shower, 18C

6pm - Light shower, 17C

7pm - Light shower, 17C

8pm - Cloudy, 17C

Trafford

4pm - Heavy shower, 20C

5pm - Heavy shower, 19C

6pm - Cloudy, 19C

7pm - Cloudy, 18C

8pm - Sunny intervals, 18C

Bolton

1pm - Heavy shower, 19C

2pm - Sunny intervals, 19C

3pm - Cloudy, 20C

4pm - Thunder, 19C

5pm - Light shower, 19C

6pm - Light shower, 19C

7pm - Light shower, 18C

8pm - Light shower, 17C

Wigan

No rain in Wigan apart from a light shower at 5pm, 19C.

Salford

1pm - Heavy shower, 19C

2pm - Cloudy, 20C

3pm - Sunny intervals, 20C

4pm - Thunder shower, 20C

5pm - Heavy rain, 19C

Rochdale

12pm - Heavy shower, 19C

1pm - Light rain, 19C

2pm - Light rain, 19C

3pm - Light shower, 19C

4pm - Light rain, 19C

5pm - Light shower, 19C

6pm - Light shower, 18C

7pm - Thunder, 18C

8pm - Light shower, 18C

Tameside

12pm - Heavy rain, 19C

1pm - Heavy rain, 19C

2pm - Light rain, 19C

3pm - Heavy shower, 19C

4pm - Thunder, 19C

5pm - Light rain, 19C

6pm - Heavy shower, 18C

7pm - Thunder, 18C

8pm - Light shower, 18C

Bury

2pm - Light rain, 19C

3pm - Light shower, 20C

4pm - Light rain, 19C

5pm - Light shower, 18C

6pm - Light shower, 18C

7pm - Light shower, 17C

Stockport

2pm - Thunder shower, 19C

3pm - Overcast, 19C

4pm - Heavy rain, 19C

5pm - Heavy rain, 18C

6pm - Light shower, 18C

7pm - Light shower, 18C

8pm - Light shower, 17C

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