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that ‘listens’ to the echoes transmitted back to the radar to capture important weather data. • Field services engineer Engineers whose job it is to maintain and fix radars. • Precipitation Water that is falling out of the sky, this could be rain, drizzle, snow, sleet, or hail. 4 • Meteorologist People

thundery showers will follow, with the possibility of hail. Some sunny spells are expected, but showers may become organised into bands, resulting in more prolonged rainfall. Winds will be light to moderate in the north at first, freshening through the day. In the south, winds will be fresh

the under surface can present the appearance of nimbostratus. The character of the precipitation may be of assistance in identifying the cloud. Cumulonimbus gives showers, very often quite heavy for comparatively short periods of time. If hail, thunder or lightning are observed then, by convention

. Although many areas will miss the downpours, thunderstorms are likely to develop in the area bringing torrential rain, frequent lightning, large hail and gusty winds. Where the heavy rain does fall could see between 20-30mm of rain within 1-2 hours.   The yellow warning suggests some quick flooding

to clear in parts of southern and central Scotland. For much of England and Wales, the day will be marked by widespread heavy showers, with the potential for localised hail and thunder. These showers will be particularly frequent and organised into bands across Wales and the south of England. Winds

has changed. We are not changing the visual appearance of our forecasts on our website and app. The main benefits of the new data are: improvements to our temperature forecasts more accurate weather symbols greater accuracy in the likelihood of rain, hail and snow

for Beaufort letters used to describe cloud amount. Hydrometeors Beaufort letter Symbol Description r Rain r Freezing rain d Drizzle d Freezing drizzle s Snow h Snow pellets h Diamond dust h Hail h Small hail h Ice pellets sh Snow grains f Fog f Ice fog fe Wet fog fg/fs Patches of shallow fog over land/sea

areas of water could lead to some localized flooding. We could see hail, lightning. But across parts of the south, southeast, also central areas of England, it should be a largely bright afternoon. “We can't rule out seeing any risk of showers. There is still a chance there. One or two could be heavy

, could bring torrential downpours, large hail, frequent lightning, and gusty winds. Overnight, thunderstorms in the southeast are expected to clear northeastwards into the North Sea. Further outbreaks of rain and possible thunderstorm development are likely across western areas, particularly Wales

Office (@metoffice) January 6, 2025 Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Frank Saunders, said: “Hail, sleet or snow showers are expected to affect parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, spreading to Wales and parts of northwest England this evening, before moving into part of southwest England