Live updates on Wednesday 15 April 2020
Today will be chilly but mostly dry and sunny although an isolated shower cannot be ruled out towards this evening.
Brisk westerly winds will gradually ease.
The risk of one or two isolated showers this evening but otherwise a dry night is expected with broken cloud.
Turning cold. Gentle winds:
Mel Kerr, a nurse in Lincoln, said the pandemic had thrown "complications, stresses and pressures" on staff.
Read MoreIt will be a dry but cold night in Lincolnshire.
Here's the latest forecast:
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Read MoreA total of 49,633 coronavirus vaccination doses have so far been administered in Lincolnshire, new government figures show.
The breakdown of the figures for Lincolnshire includes:
FIRST DOSE TOTAL: 46,935
SECOND DOSE TOTAL: 2,698
Nearly two million people in the UK have received their first dose of the Covid vaccine in the past week, figures show.
By the end of Tuesday, 4.61 million people had received their initial jab, up from 2.64 million the week before.
There's been a rise in the number of people in Lincolnshire found to have the new variant of Covid-19.
A total of 60% of all positive cases of the infection in Lincolnshire in the first week of this year contained the new variant of the virus, it's been confirmed.
Andy Fox, a consultant on Lincolnshire's Public Health Team, says viruses are always changing:
Quote MessageViruses mutate all the time, so there's always a virus that's trying to become the dominant strain, and it's normally the more transmissible one that will do that."
Andy Fox, Consultant, Lincolnshire Public Health Team
Lincolnshire has not received the amount of rain originally predicted during the height of Storm Christoph, the Environment Agency (EA) has said.
Three flood warnings for the River Witham remain in place and North Kesteven District Council says river levels are still rising in their part of the county.
However, Norman Robinson, from the EA, says: "We were expecting probably double the amount of rainfall we actually received, so we received quite a bit of water.
"That is now getting into our river systems which are coping very well."
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Three flood warnings are currently in place in Lincolnshire this morning.
Image source, Environment AgencyThe warnings - which mean immediate action should be taken as flooding is expected - are all for the River Witham between Lincoln and Boston.
However, Lincolnshire seems to have escaped the worst of the rain caused by Storm Christoph which has badly affected other parts of the country.
This morning will be dry with patchy cloud, but spells of sunshine in any breaks in the cloud.
This afternoon it will turn cloudy for many. There will be strong westerly winds throughout the day.
Overnight the winds will begin to ease.
Any cloud will clear to the east to leave a dry night with clear skies.
It will be rather chilly with frost developing in places:
There are still warnings that there may be flooding in Lincolnshire overnight.
Heavy rain is predicted across the county late this evening and into the early hours.
There are still flood warnings in place across Lincolnshire, particularly in areas near the River Witham and its tributaries:
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Read MoreSome people in Lincolnshire say they're frustrated after being told to travel nearly 80 miles for their second Covid-19 jab.
Several people who are trying to book jabs at the new mass vaccination centre in Boston (pictured) have been in touch with BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
Both the initial jab and the booster jab, which takes place 12 weeks later, have to be booked at the same time.
Geraldine, from Horncastle, called saying she tried to book hers and arranged the first jab, but then was told the second could only be in Sheffield.
She is classed by the NHS as extremely vulnerable and says: "In April, we might not be well enough to go to Sheffield."
Dylan Taylor, from Boston, says it's been a "frustrating experience" trying to book a jab for his mother after having similar results.
He says: "Understandably, mum doesn’t want to travel to Sheffield. She’s a bit worked up and wants to know why she can’t have it locally."
GP Adrian Van Biljon, who's been administering the vaccines in Grantham, says there are two systems for administering the jab - one run by local GPs and surgeries, the other by NHS England.
NHS England says: "Options will be offered based on distance and appointment availability."
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Read MoreRiver levels across Lincolnshire are slowly dropping, easing fears over flooding due to heavy rainfall today.
But the Environment Agency is still concerned about 30mm of rain forecast to fall in Lincolnshire over the next 36 hours.
Flood warnings are in place for parts of Lincolnshire, mainly connected to the River Witham and its tributaries.
River levels on the River Witham have been steadily dropping since a peak at midnight last night, external.
Rain is expected across the whole of Lincolnshire from about 14:00 today.
Over a quarter of January's average rainfall is expected to drop in Lincolnshire over the next day and a half, causing flood concerns across the county.
Image source, EAEnvironment Agency (EA) experts say "nowhere is immune" from flooding in the county over the next 36 hours.
Heavy rain is expected from this afternoon into tomorrow and it's thought as much as 30mm of rain could fall.
The five-year average rainfall for January is 114mm.
Flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected and people living nearby need to be prepared - are currently in place along the River Witham which runs between Lincoln and Boston (pictured).
Quote MessageWe've had a little bit of rain overnight, but only 2-3mm. The bulk of that rain we expect to see coming through today and into tomorrow morning. We will see river levels rise and it is pretty much across the whole of Lincolnshire."
Deborah Campbell, Environment Agency
An amber "be prepared" Met Office weather warning for heavy rain remains in place for Lincolnshire until noon on Thursday.
Meanwhile, four flood warnings have been issued - three for the River Withern between Lincoln towards the fens at Heckington, the other for the River Glen in Greatford, near Stamford.
Otherwise, the weather forecast for Lincolnshire is for a cloudy and wet day with plenty of rain, some of which will be heavy in places, bringing a risk of flooding.
Staying largely unsettled for the first half of the night with rain for many.
The rain will clear to the east in the early hours of the morning to leave patchy cloud and a few scattered showers:
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Read MoreThe Environment Agency says it's monitoring the weather situation in Lincolnshire, with heavy rain forecast over the next few days.
Image source, Joe Giddens/PA WireThe Met Office has put out an amber "be prepared" warning for heavy rain across Lincolnshire until noon on Thursday.
Ben Thornley, from the Environment Agency, says the ground in the county is already saturated:
Quote MessageIn Lincolnshire, we are concerned we will see a fair amount of rain, possibly 40mm, which on top of already saturated catchments could present a real problem."
Ben Thornley, Environment Agency
There'll be some rain around in Lincolnshire tonight.
An amber "be prepared" Met Office weather warning for heavy rain remains in place for Lincolnshire.
Flooding is possible in places in the coming days:
The risk of flooding in Lincolnshire will continue tomorrow and Thursday, with an amber "be prepared" Met Office warning currently in place for the county.
The Environment Agency has released a map of at-risk areas.
Flood warnings are still in place along the River Witham between Boston and Lincoln:
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