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authorities.”. Freezing rain starts as snow, ice, or hail, which melts as it falls through a layer of relatively warmer air before encountering  a layer of colder air near the ground. The rain droplets become 'supercooled' and are below freezing on impact on surfaces such as roads, pavements and power

showers following one after the other, that's when the greatest cause of concern is. READ MORE: How weather and climate change are shaping global food security “It's not just the rain though. It's the frequent lightning, the risk of some hail, and perhaps even some blustery winds mixed

warning there in force for parts of southeast England. “A yellow warning more broadly across much of England due to this area of very heavy rain, frequent lightning, large hail, gusty winds likely to then drift north and expand into a more general area of heavy rain across much of England, particularly

and East Anglia in the southeast. READ MORE: Why has it been so warm and humid recently? “In those sunny spells, we could see temperatures get into the mid-20s. But when those showers come along, you'll really know about it. So, some gusty winds, the potential for some hail, and certainly some frequent

, then actually turning a lot cloudy across Northern Ireland with this band of rain that'll edge into Wales into the southwest of England into Northern England and Scotland as we go into the afternoon. And this rain could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder, some flashes of lightning and hail

A cool and unsettled start to the week will make way for a mostly dry latter half, with a chance of some showers in places.    Wednesday will see a continuation of some unsettled weather, with early rain in the west before showers develop more widely as the day goes on, with a risk of hail

in on the 26th, with light rain clearing the south-east followed by scattered showers which were locally thundery with hail and became wintry on high ground. The 27th was notably cool for late October with showers in the north-east spreading south and west. There was snow on high ground, with 3 cm

of the country. Some showers were heavy with hail and thunder in northern areas on the 25th, but there were still many areas that saw dry weather. Scattered showers persisted for the next few days, in an unsettled end to May. Overall, the mean temperature for the UK was provisionally 1.3°C above the long-term

. Three days of sunshine and showers followed on the 10th, 11th and 12th, with the showers mostly falling as rain, hail and sleet on low ground but with snow on high ground, and Spadeadam (Cumbria) only reached 0.8 °C on the 11th. The showers also produced isolated thunderstorms, and it remained very

and dry on the 1st, but frontal cloud spread from the north-west into northern areas, bringing rain which then spread south-eastwards overnight 1st/2nd, clearing eastwards on the 2nd followed by a cold north-westerly with sunshine and showers, the showers wintry on high ground and widely producing hail