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and snow for some northern parts where Copley (Northumberland) recorded 25 cm of lying snow; blustery wintry showers followed in northern and central areas with rain showers in the south and hail and thunder in the south-east later. The 19th was mainly dry and sunny, with scattered showers in the west

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

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

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

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

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

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.

clearly. Green Green flag No severe weather warnings in force. hail Hail storm Rain drops freeze to form pellets of ice that fall from the sky. he rain heavy rain Between 20 and 50 mm of rain falls in 24 hours. The rain interferes with fishing and navigation becomes difficult. hi wave high waves

and are almost guaranteed to cause fatalities in such incidents. Thunderstorms also cause death and injury from lightning strikes and occasionally from hail stones. Indeed, Uganda has one of the highest reported rate of lightning strikes in the world 158 - 218 per square km (see Powell, 2016). Mary