IT'S shaping up to be a wet weekend in Gwent.
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for heavy rainfall, covering Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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This follows regular downpours throughout the past week, and the rain has already caused some problems – flooding a cemetery in Newport on Thursday.
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With the worst of the weather yet to come, Gwent Police and Monmouthshire County Council met this week for detailed planning ahead of the weekend's downpours.
Here's your hour-by-hour weekend weather forecast for Newport, with updates for the rest of Gwent.
Friday
10pm – Heavy rain, 13C
11pm – Heavy rain, 14C
Midnight – Heavy rain, 14C
Saturday
1am – Overcast, 14C
2am – Overcast, 14C
3am – Overcast, 14C
4am – Light rain, 14C
5am – Light rain, 14C
6am – Heavy rain, 14C
7am – Light rain, 14C
8am – Light rain, 14C
9am – Heavy rain, 14C
10am – Heavy rain, 14C
11am – Heavy showers, 14C
Midday – Heavy showers, 14C
1pm – Heavy showers, 13C
2pm – Cloudy, 12C
3pm – Cloudy, 12C
4pm – Sunny intervals, 12C
5pm – Cloudy, 11C
6pm – Cloudy, 11C
7pm – Cloudy, 11C
8pm – Light rain, 11C
9pm – Cloudy, 11C
10pm – Light rain, 11C
11pm – Light rain, 10C
Midnight – Light rain, 10C
Sunday
3am – Heavy rain, 10C
6am – Heavy rain, 12C
9am – Heavy rain, 14C
Midday – Heavy rain, 14C
3pm – Light rain, 14C
6pm – Light rain, 15C
9pm – Light rain, 16C
Midnight – Light rain, 16C
And in other parts of Gwent:
Blackwood: Heavy showers on Saturday and heavy rain on Sunday — highs of 14C.
Chepstow: Light rain on Saturday and heavy rain on Sunday — highs of 15C.
Ebbw Vale: Heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday — highs of 14C.
Pontypool: Heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday — highs of 15C.
All information from Met Office and correct as of 6.30pm on Friday, October 30.
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