FURTHER bands of heavy rain are set to sweep North Yorkshire on Wednesday and Friday, falling onto already saturated land and into flooding rivers.
But the Environment Agency are fairly confident the River Ouse in York will not rise again as high as the early hours of Tuesday morning, when it peaked at almost 4.1 metres above normal summer levels, causing widespread flooding of riverside properties, roads and gardens.
The Atlantic storm dubbed Barney caused only a short period of heavy rainfall as it crossed York and North Yorkshire on Tuesday afternoon, and the same is likely late on Wednesday morning, when another Atlantic depression sweeps the country, bringing a short spell of very heavy rain to the region.
Thursday is likely to be a welcome respite, with plenty of sunshine, before another depression causes further rainfall on Friday morning.
The flooded River Ouse
Tuesday's Ouse flooding was caused by a much more prolonged and persistent period of heavy rain in the Yorkshire Dales over the weekend, and the Environment Agency said yesterday it currently anticipated the Ouse would peak at only 3.6 metres above normal summer levels following today's and Friday's rain.
Meanwhile, the weather is expected to turn much colder at the weekend, with a maximum temperature of only 5C on Saturday and possibly even a little sleet or snow as northerly winds sweep the country, and next week is looking little warmer - although it should be much drier.
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