September 20, 2024
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Thunderstorm warnings mark end of summer

Friday’s alert covers most of south-west England, parts of Wales, the Midlands and west London and is in place from 12pm until 8pm….reports Asian Lite News

Thunderstorms and lightning are expected to batter the UK with up to 70mm of rainfall expected within a few hours after a spell of dry, warm weather.

The Met Office has issued two yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms for Friday and Saturday, and said damage to buildings as a result of lightning strikes, disruption to public transport and flooding should be expected within the affected areas.

Friday’s alert covers most of south-west England, parts of Wales, the Midlands and west London and is in place from 12pm until 8pm.

The second warning is in place all of Saturday from 1am and covers all of Wales and south-west England, the Midlands and parts of south-east England.

The weather service has said that hail and frequent lightning could accompany the “thunderstorms and heavy showers” and that up to 70mm of rain could fall in the worst affected areas on Saturday.

The stormy weather follows a warm, dry spell as temperatures reached 25C in Inverness on Wednesday while the mercury hit the same high in south-east England on Thursday, according to the forecaster.

The Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud said: “We are being spoiled by almost summer’s last hurrah, but there’s a bit of a change coming down the line as we move our way through towards Friday, and especially the weekend.”

A “gentle decline” in temperature is expected over the weekend, with highs of 24C forecast for East Anglia on Saturday followed by low 20s in the area on Sunday, he added.

As of 17 September, the UK has had an average rainfall of 49.5mm this month, which is typical for this time of year, Stroud said.

“Successive bands of rain” and “normal conditions for autumn” are expected next week, he added.

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