Nearly a month’s rain fall fell on Suffolk in the space of a day, as the prolonged dry spell came to a dramatic end.
While the blue skies and searing heat of the past weeks will not likely return in the coming days, temperatures are expected to remain at or just above average into the weekend.
Tomorrow will be cloudy, with some showers, but the extreme downfalls of this morning and Tuesday afternoon are not expected to make a return, with the severe weather making its way through the north of England and on to Scotland.
The highest rainfall detected in the region was at Santon Downham – on the Suffolk/Norfolk border – where 90mm of rain fell in the space of 24 hours, compared to a whole month average of just 60mm.
In west Suffolk, the Brooms Barn recording station – outside Bury St Edmunds – collected 48mm, around 10mm below the whole month average, while at Wattisham, near Stowmarket, 28mm was recorded.
Yesterday saw parts of Suffolk hit by surface water flooding, as the sudden downfalls cascaded off the dry ground and the starved rivers and lakes in the area swelled.
At Needham Lake, in central Suffolk, the B1078 Coddenham Road, as it passes under the railway bridge, was severely flooded. At least one car got stuck at the bridge, near the junction with Lions Road.
James Wilby, from Weatherquest, said: “It has been a reasonable dollop of rain. In terms of rainfall, Thursday will likely be a lot drier, with a chance of some showers into the afternoon.
“Friday does not look like it will be too bad, with some showers into the evening and late afternoon. It will be a fairly dry weekend.
“There is a chance of showers into the middle of next week, on Wednesday and Thursday, but at the moment it is not looking live the severe rain will return.”
He said most of East Anglia will remain largely dry, with some showers, for the coming days.
In Norfolk, visitors to the first day of the Royal Norfolk Show, at the soaked Costessey showground, were forced to turn out armed with umbrellas and Wellington boots, as organisers vowed to carry on as usual today and tomorrow.
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