Met Office forecasts NINE hours of heavy rain to batter Manchester as Storm Jocelyn hits

Manchester could be hit by nine hours of heavy rain as another Storm batters the UK. The Met Office has forecast rainfall of up to 16mm in the region between 8am and 4pm on Tuesday, January 23.

It comes as Storm Jocelyn, which was named by the Irish forecaster Met Eireann earlier today, is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain from tomorrow into Wednesday.

According to the Met Office forecast, a band of rain will sweep across the north west region from tomorrow morning, with between 8mm and 16mm of rainfall expected in some parts of Greater Manchester by lunchtime. By the evening, the rain is expected to have moved across the region and over to the east.

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Wednesday will see a much drier day across Greater Manchester. However strong winds, with gusts of up to 40mph have been forecast from the morning until around lunchtime.

Storm Jocelyn arrives in the wake of Storm Isha, which hit the UK with strong wind on Sunday night. According to the Met Office, a strong jet stream is now pushing another large-scale, low-pressure system from the Atlantic across northern Scotland.

Wet and windy weather on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning is expected for much of the northern half of the country. Amber and yellow weather warnings for wind have been issued covering much of the UK together with yellow warnings for rain covering parts of western and southern Scotland, and north west England.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Steve Willington, said: “Although this system will be a step down relative to Storm Isha, with the damage and clean up still underway, we could