Overview

• The Met Office warning runs from 10pm Thursday to 12pm Friday for Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and the wider Dorset area.
• Forecasters say some locations could see 10–20mm of rain in less than an hour, with 50–70mm possible in a few hours near coasts.
• Flooding of some homes and businesses is considered likely, with the potential for road and public transport disruption and short-term outages.
• Rain is expected to begin around midnight, the chance of precipitation rises to about 80% by 2pm, and conditions should ease by around 6pm with evening sunny intervals and temperatures near 15–19C.
• Showery weather is forecast to continue over the weekend with heavier bursts likely on Saturday and blustery conditions, followed by intermittent light showers into next week.