With a Met office yellow weather warning still in place for heavy rain tomorrow (Sunday), local weather forecasters Isle of Wight Weather have issued a localised outlook for the next 24 hours.
Flash flooding, fallen branches and disruption to transport are expected as the tail end of the former hurricane Bertha hits the UK’s shores.
The cloud is set to continue to increase through this evening and overnight, with some outbreaks of mainly light rain which will slowly become heavier and more continuous as the night goes on. The wind will gradually increase to moderate levels of around 10-15mph with 20mph gusts.
Heading into tomorrow, the day will start wet with an increasing southerly wind gusting around 30mph and although there may be a spell of an hour or two where the rain becomes lighter, it won’t last.
As the morning goes on an area of very heavy rainfall will start to push in with the risk of thunder and strong gusty winds up to 45mph.
Towards lunchtime the cold front will clear to the east but as it does so there will be a brief period of extremely heavy rain and very gusty Southerly winds, followed by a short lull as the rain clears. Winds will turn to the WSW and pick up once again.
During tomorrow afternoon there will be sunny spells and patchy cloud with the risk of the odd shower blowing through on the strong and gusty Westerly wind.
Islanders are being warned that whilst this type of weather is common in winter, in summer the trees are in full leaf which means it is very likely for branches and possibly a few trees to come down, especially around mid/late morning.
Around the coast, expect to see the waves washing over the the sea walls and defenses especially at around high tide. The most likely areas to see this is Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor.
