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southern England, where there was 19 cm lying at Odiham (Hampshire) by evening and the temperature only reached -0.5 °C at Okehampton (Devon). Sleet, snow and hail showers, accompanied locally by thunder, affected the north-east with 16 cm of snow reported at Copley (County Durham). It was mainly

across the UK with thunderstorms, hail and torrential rain reported from southwest England in particular. There were a couple of social media postings of funnel clouds from Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight. The 9th saw further intense downpours affecting parts of southwest England with reports

in northern areas, with rain across central and southern parts moving southwards, turning to snow on the northern edge and with frequent showers, mainly wintry with hail, sleet and snow, reaching all parts by evening. A widespread frost on the 31st gave way to sunshine, but with showers, mostly wintry

widely on the 22nd/23rd. There were numerous road accidents and airport delays in Scotland on the 22nd, and public transport was also affected. Rain, hail, sleet and snow resulted in accidents and school closures in Wales, and in north-west England there was disruption to Merseyrail services and some

to surface water flooding. In Dinnet near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, large hail from a severe thunderstorm reportedly damaged Velux windows, car windscreens and greenhouses. Culloden leisure centre in Inverness was forced to close due to storm damage to its roof whilst Network Rail Scotland reported lightning

Thunderstorm warnings continue across much of the UK until Monday, 17th August, with a risk of impacts from heavy rain, flash flooding, lightning and hail.

cover a horizontal surface at that place if there were no loss by evaporation, percolation or run-off. The precipitation may be liquid (rain or drizzle) or frozen (snow, snow pellets, snow grains, hail, small hail, ice pellets, diamond dust) or a mixture (rain and snow, drizzle and snow, rain

and temporal resolution of the radar measurements. Dual-polarimetric radars provide detail within the storms including the precipitation rate and precipitation type (rain, hail, graupel, ice crystals). This microphysical information can be used to characterize storm severity. Particularly noteworthy

The hot weather will continue across the UK, with heatwave conditions for many, creating ideal conditions for thunderstorms which will bring heavy rain and increasing risks from flash flooding, lightning and hail..

by showers, heaviest and most frequent over the north and west, and wintry at times. The 23rd was wet and windy once again, Fair Isle (Shetland) seeing gusts up to 78 mph, with frequent, heavy showers, and thunderstorms over the north, falling as snow or hail in places, merging into a band of heavy