UK weather forecast – Met Office warns thunder and hail storms today but good news for weekend
COLD rains will bring hail and thunder to Britain over the next few days — before the skies clear for a weekend filled with sunshine.
Met Office forecasters say downpours will continue through this evening with more wet weather on the way tomorrow.
Luke Miall, Met Office meteorologist, told The Sun Online: "We’ve got heavy showers around at the moment in places and we’ve seen some hail and thunder across the south through this afternoon.
“Showers will gradually ease as we go through this evening, although not everywhere will see them completely clear away – there will be a few still hanging around overnight.”
A weather front is currently pushing in across north east England and south east Scotland which will keep persistent rain falling there throughout the night.
Temperatures later today will only be in mid-to-high single figures.
And tomorrow will be another similar day of sunshine and showers.
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Luke added: “The showers will develop to become quite heavy through the afternoon, again with the risk of hail and thunder.
“I suspect the main risk areas tomorrow will be running from Northern Ireland down through mid-Wales down towards the south and south east England.”
Across south west England and south west Wales there will be patchy rain but also breaks of sunshine, especially in the afternoon.
Parts of northern and eastern Scotland, as well as north east England, will also begin to turn brighter on Thursday afternoon after a few wet days.
Luke said: “In terms of temperatures, Thursday will be pretty cool across the country. We’re probably going to get a 15C in the south if you’re lucky, but that’s a little bit below average for this time of year.
“Some places in the north are probably struggling to get into double-figures, so it’ll be feeling cold here as well.”
Friday will continue the bright and damp theme as more hail and thunder threatens the skies.
But it will become more settled after that, with western areas in particular enjoying a much drier and sunnier day on Saturday.
Luke added: “As we go into Sunday, high pressure then takes charge, so it’ll be much drier for everybody with long spells of sunshine.
“Overnight, it will turn quite cold again. So there is a risk of some frosts as we go through Friday and the weekend on the mornings, so gardeners beware, because it’s quite late in the season to get frosts.
“But signs are that things will turn a bit warmer as we go into next week.”
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