DOWNPOUR SIGNALS START OF WINTER.Byline: NEIL NEIL Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited NEIL Network Engineering and Integration Lab ATKINSON WRAP up for a cold and wet autumn and winter. That was the message today from Huddersfield weatherman Paul Stevens Paul Stevens may refer to:
Almost 1' inches of rain fell in just eight hours on Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
And yesterday, temperatures dropped to just 8 degC, considerably lower than the temperatures over the latter half of October. Stevens said: "We can say 'Goodbye' to summer and the teeshirts. "From now on in, it's going to be cold and wet and windy". Mr Stevens said his readings showed that Huddersfield had just enjoyed its warmest October since 1981. "Temperatures last week averaged 16degC, compared to the monthly average of about 11 or 12deg, and we certainly had the last surge of summer. "But that was all swept away at the weekend when the Atlantic depression hit, followed by a cold trough. "There was a tremendous amount of rainfall (42mm) between 1am and 9am on Sunday, which was the equivalent of a third of the monthly rainfall falling on the first day of the month. "It was also much colder and * COLD: that continued into yesterday, when temperatures were down to 8 degC and rose only to about 10degC. "People are going to be putting on their hats and coats". Elsewhere across the UK, much of the country was on flood alert after torrential rain and strong winds caused scores of rescues and travel misery. Scotland has been worst hit with several severe flood warnings in force after rivers burst and their banks and flooded houses. Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire suffered some of the worst flooding after a river burst its banks in the town and caused 50 people to be rescued from their homes. In Tayside, people were trapped in their cars and evacuated from their properties, with roads closed and trains cancelled as water levels soared across Angus, Perthshire, Grampian and Fife. Fire crews in parts of Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. also had to pluck pluck 1. an abattoir term for the thoracic viscera plus the liver, after separation from the esophagus and the diaphragm. Includes the larynx, trachea, lungs, heart and liver, plus the spleen in sheep. 2. people from houses and cars, with a number of train services having to be cancelled because of the deluges. Six flood warnings were in place across northern England Northern England, The North or North of England is a rather ill-defined term, with no universally accepted definition. Its extent may be subject to personal opinion and many companies or organisations have differing definitions as to what it constitutes. yesterday. Paul Stevens Much of the rest of the UK is also subject to flood alerts Flood alerts are issued by government weather agencies to alert residents that flood conditions are a possibility for their area. A Flood watch is issued when weather conditions are favorable for very heavy rain and flash flooding. . CAPTION(S): COLD: Paul Stevens * STORM CLOUDS: Moody and changeable skies over Huddersfield yesterday and, right, waterlogged wa·ter·logged adj. 1. Nautical Heavy and sluggish in the water because of flooding, as in the hold: a waterlogged ship. 2. playing fields at Shepley |
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