Tale of Two Halves
In the north west run off patterns have been typical of a fairly wet winter with reservoir stocks now high. Soils were wet enough in the far NW to allow some aquifer recharge in places, quite rare in summer.
This means that any large amounts of rain running into the wet soil are likely to run straight off again, giving an enhanced flood risk here through the coming autumn and winter so yet again those in areas prone to river and flash flooding will need to be vigilant this autumn and winter if we have any heavy short period rainfall in storms or longer term more generalised heavy rainfall over a period of a few days or weeks as flooding may well occur.
It is as well to look out your insurance and be aware of what exactly is and is not covered by it, in relation to flood cover. Whilst the overwhelming majority of household policies provide cover in respect of flooding it's definitely worth checking your policy now to make sure this is the case if you think you might be at risk. For commercial premises flood cover is normally provided as an optional extra and incurs an additional premium.
Further south east the problem is likely to be too little rain but reservoirs are not especially low though, so with the winter rains to come there shouldn't be any problems.








