UK weather forecast: Briton braced for more TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS as thunder heads NORTH
Getty • WX Charts On Friday thunderstorms will work their way northwards
Meteorologist Aidan McGivern said Thursday will start off dismally but will soon see cloud retreat to coasts as sunshine emerges. He said: “It will be a warm start to Thursday but it will be a grey and gloomy start down the eastern side of Scotland and England. “The low cloud, like in recent days, does tend to retreat back to the coast where it stays misty through the day.” Mr McGivern starkly warned thunderstorms will continue to plague Britons on Thursday.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain across southern regions of the UK that is in force until the end of the day. It says flooding is possible and could combine with strong winds and hail to create severe disruption for road, rail and communities. The warning reads: “Thunderstorms are likely to affect southern parts of the UK from late Thursday morning through the rest of the day. “Flooding of homes and businesses could happen quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds.
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“Spray and sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures and where flooding or lightning strikes occur, there is a chance of delays and some cancellations to train and bus services. “Power cuts might occur and other services to some homes and businesses could be lost.” Mr McGivern added: “It will brighten up inland but watch out during the morning, thunderstorms will push from the south-east of England into London.
“Thunderstorms will then develop widely as temperatures rise by the afternoon across southern parts of England as well as Wales. “It will be 22 or 23C, feeling humid, but these hit and miss thunderstorms could cause issues where they do occur. “They are particularly focused across central and southern parts of England as well as south-east Wales by Thursday afternoon and into the evening.
“Where the thunderstorms do occur we can expect torrential rainfall, 2, 3 or perhaps more inches of rain in just a few hours and frequent lightning, as well as hale, could cause issues especially say as we go into the rush hour on Thursday around Bristol, the M4 and the M5. “This is certainly something to watch out for if you are making plans in this part of the world.” On Friday thunderstorms will work their way northwards as southern areas are left to recover from a battering of rain on Thursday.
Areas that are not ravaged by frightening conditions will see sunshine and warm conditions as temperatures climb to highs of 23C. The Met Office meteorologist went on: “There is the potential for showers further north as well but for much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England it’s a largely dry Thursday afternoon with a bit more cloud than recent days. “The humid air and those thunderstorms associated with a fairly slack area of low pressure, they will tend to drift their way northwards as we end the working week.
Getty The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain across southern regions of the UK
“So increasingly, as we go into the weekend the thunderstorm risk moves its way northwards. “But on Friday there is still going to be some heavy rain around parts of Wales, central and southern England and then gradually through Friday they are going to push into north-west England, parts of southern and western Scotland, as well as Northern Ireland, so hit and miss downpours again could cause impacts in places. “Away from the storms, of course, there will be some warm sunshine and temperatures into the low or mid-twenties but these thunderstorms could cause impacts.”
Met Office Britain will be blasted by more torrential downpours on Thursday