New thunderstorm warnings for parts of UK as rain set to continue

ByBen Rich

Lead Weather Presenter

The Met Office has issued caller warnings for thunderstorms that volition bring much bedewed upwind to parts of the UK connected Thursday.

The archetypal informing is valid from 02:00 BST with thunder and dense rainfall owed to determination crossed south-east England successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday morning.

A 2nd comes into unit astatine 06:00 BST for a wider country of England and Wales. This volition past done to 22:00 and whitethorn go dilatory moving successful the day and evening.

Downpours could bring localised flash flooding and question disruption - with the wettest areas perchance seeing 75mm (3in) of rain. Large hail, lightning and gusty winds could travel the showers and it volition consciousness alternatively humid for many.

Spells of rainfall are acceptable to proceed implicit the play - a slope vacation for England, Wales and Northern Ireland - accompanied by windy conditions successful the south.

Thursday greeting volition get disconnected to a bedewed commencement successful confederate England and southbound Wales, with dense downpours accompanied by lightning, hail and squally winds.

These volition past determination northbound crossed mid and northbound Wales, the Midlands and parts of eastbound England, arriving successful bluish England during the aboriginal afternoon.

As this archetypal enactment of downpours clears northwards the skies volition brighten and sunny spells volition develop, but further scattered showers that could again beryllium precise dense and thundery are possible.

Some rainfall is apt to get successful Northern Ireland and Scotland aboriginal successful the day, though these bluish areas of the UK are apt to debar the precise wettest weather.

Within the Met Office yellowish informing area, 20-30mm (0.8-1.2in) of rainfall could autumn successful conscionable a fewer hours, with up to 50mm (2in) implicit a 12-hour period.

Hills exposed to the easterly upwind could perchance spot 75mm (3in).

Hazardous driving conditions are expected with a accidental that roads volition beryllium closed and communities chopped off.

Lightning strikes could pb to powerfulness cuts, and hailstones of 1-2cm (0.4-0.8in) are besides possible.

The bedewed upwind volition beryllium invited quality for the ample areas of England and Wales that remain successful drought, nevertheless determination is the accrued hazard of flash flooding wherever the crushed is precise adust and hard.

Not capable rainfall volition autumn to alleviate the caller adust spell, with experts informing that months of persistent bedewed upwind is needed to replenish h2o supplies.

The coming play brings a fig of festivals and high-profile events.

Reading and Leeds Festivals some tally from Thursday until Sunday, arsenic does Creamfields successful Cheshire.

Manchester Pride takes spot from Friday until Bank Holiday Monday, portion Saturday marks the commencement of Notting Hill Carnival successful London, which besides continues until Monday.

The upwind looks decidedly mixed for these events, with a fresher feel, brisk winds - particularly successful the southbound - and the likelihood of rainfall astatine times.

A portion of bedewed upwind volition determination eastwards crossed England and Wales connected Saturday, though drier and brighter conditions whitethorn dispersed from the westbound later. Northern Ireland and Scotland volition beryllium a small drier with immoderate sunny spells, but determination is inactive the accidental of a fewer showers.

More dense showers volition determination eastwards connected Sunday, this clip affecting astir parts of the UK. Some of these could beryllium dense and thundery, with upwind gusts touching 40-45mph (64-72km/h) successful the acold south-west of England later.

Temperatures volition thin to scope from 16C (61F) successful bluish Scotland to 23C (73F) successful confederate England, which is astir mean for precocious August.

Low unit remains successful complaint connected Monday meaning beardown winds and further showers, possibly heaviest crossed the northbound of the UK.

There is nary motion of a instrumentality to the adust and blistery upwind that has dominated this summer.

Whatever your plans for the weekend, you tin support up to day with the forecast by checking the BBC Weather website and app.