Thunderstorms to go but rain to continue after M5 flooded
Roads were left badly flooded after downpours hit the region.
The M5 near Oldbury between Junctions 2 and 3 was one spot hit by flooding yesterday, with cars having to queue to use one lane to avoid the pool of water.
Regular flooding hotspot Sandon Road in Stafford was also once again covered in water, while flash floods also covered roads in Cannock.
And the bad weather is not yet over with days of thunderstorms set to be replaced by rain and strong winds.
The shift is set to come over the next week with warm and tropical air pushing in from the south containing the remnants of Tropical Storm Kyle.
Met Office forecaster Alex Deakin said that by Wednesday “it is set to get unusually windy for the time of year”.
The Met Office said: “Low pressure systems will continue to dominate the weather this week so further rain is coming, but we will also see things turning windier and eventually we will lose the humid air and it will turn fresher.”
Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said: “England and Wales continue to have sunshine and showers, some of the showers could be heavy with thunder, but overall the showers will probably be less frequent compared to the last few days and not quite as intense.”
Parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland are likely to record heavier showers. In Scotland, these showers were likely to “merge into spells of heavy rain,” Mr Dewhurst said.
Tuesday’s top temperatures – most likely to be in the London area – were set to be around 25C.
Mr Dewhurst described Monday’s thunderstorms as “heavy and torrential in places”, particularly across parts of the Midlands, East Anglia, south west England and parts of Wales.
The top temperature recorded on Monday was 25.1 C at Heathrow.
Many places had high rainfall totals on Monday including the 48mm recorded in Anglesey, Wales, the 43mm at High Beach, Essex, and 39mm in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, while 27mm fell in Hawkridge, Somerset.
Mr Dewhurst said: “The highest rainfall totals were in quite widespread places and a lot of these totals fell in the space of a
