Met Office issue yellow weather warning for rain in Darlington

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain in the North-east from 12am Tuesday, December 9, to 3pm the same day.

Forecasters say downpours could lead to disruption, particularly to travel and there is a chance of flooding to homes and businesses.

Parts of Darlington, Durham and Northumberland are under the yellow weather warning.

Hour by hour forecast for Tuesday:

12am – 8°C 30% chance of rain

1am – 8°C 50% chance of rain

2am – 9°C 80% chance of rain

3am – 9°C 80% chance of rain

4am – 10°C 90% chance of rain

5am – 10°C >95% chance of rain

6am – 11°C >95% chance of rain

7am – 11°C >95% chance of rain

8am – 12°C >95% chance of rain

9am – 12°C 90% chance of rain

10am – 13°C 80% chance of rain

11am – 14°C 60% chance of rain

12pm – 14°C 40% chance of rain

1pm – 15°C 30% chance of rain

2pm – 14°C 30% chance of rain

3pm – 14°C 20% chance of rain

4pm – 13°C 20% chance of rain

5pm – 13°C 20% chance of rain

6pm – 12°C 20% chance of rain

7pm – 11°C 10% chance of rain

8pm – 10°C 10% chance of rain

9pm – 10°C 10% chance of rain

10pm – 10°C 10% chance of rain

11pm – 10°C 10% chance of rain

12am – 10°C 20% chance of rain

A spokesperson for the Met Office said: “Outbreaks of rain will become persistent and heavy on Tuesday morning, before clearing into the afternoon.

“Given the saturated nature of the ground, this is likely to lead to some flooding in places and transport disruption.

“Rain will also be accompanied by strengthening south to southwesterly winds, with gusts in excess of 60 mph possible over high ground, which may exacerbate impacts, especially on routes across the Pennines.”