UPDATED: The Met Office have issued a weather warning for heavy rain this evening (Wednesday) which may lead to flooding in some areas.
Forecasters say rain, which may be heavy at times, will move east across the South overnight before clearing early tomorrow morning (Thursday). The wet conditions will be accompanied by strong south to southeasterly winds which could reach gale force.
Hovertravel say they anticipate their services may be delayed or cancelled tomorrow due to the adverse weather.
The yellow weather warning is in force from 21:00 tonight until 08:30 tomorrow.
UPDATE THURSDAY @ 08:15 – Flooding has hit several areas of the Island overnight, leading to disruption on the morning commute.
The following roads and areas are reported to be flooded, but passable with care:
• Ashey Road, Ryde
• Coach House Lane/Brading Roundabout, Brading
• Harding Shute, Ryde/Brading
• Nettlestone Hill, Seaview
• St Georges Way, Newport
• Blackwater Road, Newport
• Briddlesford Road, Wootton
• Whippingham Lane, East Cowes
• Highwood Lane, Rookley
• Forest Road between Newport and Shalfleet
• Godshill
• Thorley
Southern Vectis are warning of possible delays to their school bus services this morning due to the weather conditions.
Hovertravel are currently operating 15 minutes behind timetable suspended due to strong winds on the Solent.
Meanwhile the Environment Agency says that 20mm of rain fell overnight which will give rise to out of bank and road flooding through the Eastern Yar valley. Impacts will be seen in the upper reaches where access tracks at Horringford and Golf Links Road could be flooded.
At Alverstone the river level is not expected to peak until later this afternoon and will probably rise high enough to back up at the main road bridge. There is a possibility the Flood Warning will need to be issued later, so any property level protection should be put in place now as a precaution. In Sandown, impacts are expected later today when caravan parks may experience flooding to land.
UPDATE @ 11:45 – Flooding has subsided on the Island’s road network, however surface water is still present. All roads are passable.
