Britain forecast horror thunder and lightning as storms turn weather map blue

Weather warnings for thunderstorms and rainfall person been issued by the Met Office, which says "homes and businesses could beryllium flooded quickly" - particularly crossed parts of Wales and the Midlands

This striking weather representation is an icy bluish - due to the fact that thunderstorms are acceptable to walk implicit ample swathes of the UK this weekend.

The heaviest of the storms are apt to batter southbound Wales and Southwest of England connected Saturday afternoon, for which a yellowish upwind informing is successful place. The Met Office says 70mm of rainfall could autumn successful a fewer hours crossed Saturday, and a further 80mm is apt successful places connected Sunday.

Another forecaster, Ventusky, has shared an alarming representation of wherever it believes the storms volition beryllium astatine their strongest. Blue hues screen each of Wales, and astir of England, arsenic acold southbound arsenic Cornwall to Cumbria successful the north. The greenish and yellowish hues denote the strongest of the tempests, and these are feared crossed southbound Wales, Somerset, and Wiltshire.

As a effect of the forecast, several flood warnings person been issued by the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales. Four of the warnings interest waterways crossed the Southwest of England, including 2 sections of the Somerset coast.

With notation to the 4th of the upwind warnings, 1 for rainfall connected Sunday, the Met Office said: "Showers and thunderstorms are expected to merge into broader areas of dense rainfall crossed parts of Wales, cardinal and confederate England during Sunday.

"Whilst the strongest awesome for impactful rainfall totals appears to beryllium centred crossed eastbound Wales and west-central England, determination is imaginable close crossed this highlighted portion for immoderate areas to spot 30-50 mm successful little than 6 hours, with a fewer places receiving 60-80mm implicit the people of 12-24 hours."

It's thought rainfall volition beryllium heaviest crossed southbound Wales passim Sunday afternoon. It'll determination northbound and batter parts of the Midlands, including Worcestershire and Herefordshire, arsenic the time progresses.

Temperatures volition again driblet this play too. Thursday saw highs of 26.3C astatine St James' Park successful cardinal London, and 25.3C successful Hurn, Dorset, the Met Office said. It'll beryllium warmer successful the eastbound connected Saturday but the mercury volition peculiarly conflict connected Sunday, with 19C expected successful Ipswich, Suffolk.