been very, very dry. the amount of rainfall while below average, in nottingham the last two hours have brought more than the last three weeks. across southern and eastern wales uncertainty still england the amount of rain we had seen has been well below average southern and eastern wales and southern and eastern wales and southern and eastern england. barely any appreciable rain across hampshire. the opportunity for some rain over the next few days but not much in the next few days but not much in the driest areas of southern and eastern england. north western areas will be the wettest, rainfall totals closer to normal. showers working across sussex into kent, that we have a convergence where the winds bash together to give a line of storms across mid wales, eastern wales, the bristol area, somerset and dorset. they will be slow moving in nature, some areas will see hefty downpours where a completely dry probably just down the downpours where a completely dry probablyjust
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