Weather warning for Greater Manchester

Heavy rainfall expected on Saturday

The Met Office has issued a weather warning for Greater Manchester:

Yellow early warning of rain
From: 1500 on Sat 14 November
To: 0300 on Mon 16 November

A frontal system is expected to become slow-moving across parts of northwest Wales, northwest England and southwest Scotland. Rain associated with this feature is expected to become heavy and persistent, especially over hills exposed to the strong westerly flow.

Flooding is possible either from standing water or from rivers which have remained high after the large rainfall totals seen in these areas over the last few days.