Thunderstorms expected in parts of UK after hottest day of year

Thunderstorms and 30°C temperatures are expected connected Sunday, aft the UK saw its hottest time of the twelvemonth connected Saturday.

The Met Office issued a yellowish informing for thunderstorms from 12:00 until 21:00 BST connected Sunday for Wales, Northern Ireland and astir of occidental and cardinal England and Scotland.

It warned of dense rain, hail, beardown winds and lightning successful immoderate areas.

On Saturday, temperatures reached 30.4°C successful Surrey.

The Met Office had been expecting up to 100mm of rainfall connected Saturday evening, which equates to a month's worthy of rain, but the astir recorded was 21.8mm successful Billinge Hill, Merseyside.

It said determination was a tiny accidental that homes and businesses could beryllium flooded rapidly connected Sunday, with harm to immoderate buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail oregon beardown winds.

Delays and immoderate cancellations to bid and autobus services could hap arsenic a effect of immoderate flooding oregon lightning strikes, it added.

Difficult driving conditions could besides beryllium expected arsenic a effect of spray and abrupt flooding and determination is simply a flimsy accidental of powerfulness cuts.

The UK Health Security Agency issued an amber blistery upwind alert until 09:00 BST connected Tuesday for overmuch of southbound England and the Midlands.

It means precocious temperatures could impact each ages and interaction the wellness service.

Temperatures reached 27.6°C successful Auchincruive, Ayrshire, connected Saturday - making it the warmest time of the twelvemonth successful Scotland.

A somesthesia of 30.4°C successful Northolt, westbound London, and Wisley, Surrey made it the UK's hottest time of the twelvemonth too.

On Sunday, determination is apt to beryllium much unreality - with maximum temperatures of 32C, the Met Office said.

It forecasts that adjacent week, the hazard of thundery downpours volition proceed successful immoderate areas and temperatures are apt to stay supra average.

Most of the UK volition conscionable heatwave criteria adjacent week, the Met Office added.