Snow forecast to follow deluge of rain in Lincolnshire
Homes have been flooded with sewage while driving conditions were made treacherous by persistent heavy rain in Lincolnshire.
The deluge has seen roads closed and gritting teams deployed to treat many wet surfaces.
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Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue received 22 flood-related calls and attended 15 incidents since midnight on Christmas Eve.
This included two calls on Christmas Day, to incidents in Aunby and Heighington.
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The Met Office's latest figures show that 92.2 mm of rain fell in Lincolnshire between December 1 and 26, compared to a 52.9mm average for the whole month.
Forecaster Charles Powell said snow could be a possibility towards the end of January.
"Eastern parts of the country tends to be drier than the west," he said.
"But the figures for December show that Lincolnshire, like in many parts of the UK, has had more rain than expected.
"Now, conditions should be slightly more settled.
"This won't be heralding a major change but it will be a welcome blip.
"Towards the end of the month, the weather looks like turning a little bit colder, with possibly snow."
Comments
by camelherder
Friday, January 04 2013, 7:32PM
“I'll believe it when it happens and not until.”
by Phil1W
Friday, January 04 2013, 2:47PM
“Where did my comment disappear to?”
by Phil1W
Friday, January 04 2013, 2:43PM
“I reckon the man with the doggy jacket is in fact a woman. Maybe he/she is advertising the fact that they go to the dunes at Skegness because its an educational facility!”
by nolies
Friday, January 04 2013, 12:59PM
“I tend to ignore weather predictions past about 3 days,they hardly ever come true,the weather is and always will be too chaotic to predict,why do they even bother.”
by lynnlincoln
Friday, January 04 2013, 12:39PM
“I bet he bought his designer jacket from that high class outfitter located at Hemswell market LadyofLincoln, I hope it's not a fake!”
by LadyOfLincoln
Friday, January 04 2013, 12:24PM
“I am liking the man's jacket in the picture!”
by captainred
Friday, January 04 2013, 9:38AM
“snow could be a possibility at the end of january. that took a lot of working out didnt it.”