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. 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

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

, 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

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

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

rainfall radar network, we can now gain more real-time information from falling precipitation – rain, sleet, snow, hail and ice pellets – than ever before, including the size and shape of the droplets. The seven-year roll out of the new radar network across the UK was motivated by the need

between 1200 UTC 11 August and 1200 UTC 12 August 2020. Thunderstorms in the UK are very frequently associated with a break-down following hot, humid weather, with torrential downpours often accompanied by large hail and lightning strikes. Such events often result highly localised large rainfall

. They are defined by a rotating updraft, known as a mesocyclone, which allows them to sustain themselves for hours and produce severe weather including large hail, damaging winds, and even tornadoes. While the UK rarely sees supercells, the ingredients were in place: strong wind shear, elevated

Light rain shower (Night) 10 Light rain shower (Day) 11 Drizzle 12 Light rain 13 Heavy rain shower (Night) 14 Heavy rain shower (Day) 15 Heavy Rain 16 Sleet shower (Night) 17 Sleet shower (Day) 18 Sleet 19 Hail shower (Night) 20 Hail shower (Day) 21 Hail 22 Light snow shower (Night) 23 Light snow