Thunderstorms to hit the UK this weekend

Thunderstorms, winds and hail are forecast to expanse crossed the UK this play and could origin flash flooding, the Met Office has warned.

It said warm, humid aerial this week has caused the storms to develop.

A yellowish upwind informing for England and Wales is successful spot for Sunday with an unsettled play of upwind connected the mode for some.

Despite the storms, the blistery upwind volition continue, with temperatures reaching highs of 29C successful immoderate areas.

The storms could besides pb to powerfulness cuts.

There is simply a accidental homes could beryllium flooded rapidly arsenic immoderate areas spot up to 30mm of rainfall successful an hour, the Met Office has said.

BBC Weather meteorologist Matt Taylor said connected Saturday it was the occidental fractional of Northern Ireland that is astir apt to acquisition thunderstorms, with a yellowish informing issued for the country betwixt 14:00 and 21:00 BST.

Mr Taylor said: "There's an expanding accidental of thunderstorms processing crossed the UK and Ireland done the weekend, arsenic humidity levels proceed to rise.

"On Sunday, much of america could spot the accidental of immoderate terrible storms developing, with the Met Office having issued a yellowish informing wide crossed Wales and astir of England for the full day.

"Storms are astir apt to make from precocious greeting onwards, with the hazard of predominant lightning, hail, beardown winds and immoderate flooding starring to disruption.

However helium said that not everyone volition spot the storms, with conditions "highly adaptable implicit conscionable abbreviated distances, and galore areas remaining dry."

Late connected Sunday, and into the night, the thundery rainfall could impact much of bluish and eastbound England, arsenic good arsenic eastbound Scotland, helium added.

The stormy forecast follows a week of precocious temperatures, wherever galore parts of the UK officially experienced a heatwave.

Heatwaves are becoming much apt and much utmost due to the fact that of human-induced clime change.

The satellite has already warmed by astir 1.2C since the concern epoch began, and temperatures are expected to support rising.

Despite the storms, the vigor is acceptable to continue. The highest somesthesia of the twelvemonth truthful acold was astatine Chertsey Water Works successful Surrey connected Saturday aft highs of 32.2C were recorded.

A hosepipe prohibition was issued successful Kent and Sussex connected Friday aft South East Water said it had nary prime aft request for drinking h2o had reached "record levels" successful June.

Up to 4000 customers are without h2o oregon person been experiencing debased unit since Monday owed to proviso issues.