UK weather: Exact time monster thunderstorms and 'gusty wind' could batter Britain

The unpleasant upwind is arsenic a effect of the question of Hurricane Kirk which, contempt weakening successful intensity, is acceptable to origin disruption crossed the UK and France

Brits are braced for convulsive thunderstorms passim the time - with gusts of astir 40mph.

The Met Office says it volition rainfall heavy crossed galore regions today, which is apt to pb to further flooding aft several areas were near underwater past month. Fierce thunderstorms, though, are forecast for confederate areas, including counties on the southbound seashore from Dorset to Cornwall successful the west.

Weather maps issued by Ventusky, a squad of meteorologists, showed astir 8mm of rainfall is believed to autumn crossed 3 hours successful and astir Bournemouth, Dorset, from 1pm. Isle of Wight volition besides spot thunder and lightning aboriginal this evening erstwhile the rainfall volition go much widespread, with the Midlands seeing showers.

The Met Office notes the upwind spot excessively arsenic southerly gusts, of up to 40mph crossed Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire, volition "make it consciousness colder" successful parts. Delivering the service's forecast connected its website, meteorologist Alex Deakin said: "Showers won't beryllium excessively acold away, rather a gusty upwind blowing arsenic well, peculiarly crossed the southbound seashore of England and into confederate parts of Wales. It'll beryllium particularly gusty adjacent to these showers."

Mr Deakin described the showers arsenic getting much wide passim Tuesday nighttime and into Wednesday morning, particularly dense crossed the Midlands and East of England. The thunderstorms, however, volition easiness by then.

"A batch of spray, a batch of aboveground h2o connected the roads and determination is the anticipation of further flooding. The rainfall continues to autumn into parts of eastbound Scotland (by 5am connected Wednesday), peculiarly the southbound east, arsenic that breeze continues. Quite a lively upwind astatine times crossed the Southeast of England," the forecaster added.

"Wednesday astir apt a drier time successful confederate England, southbound Wales and parts of Northern Ireland. Cheering up excessively crossed Scotland with immoderate sunshine."

The references to flooding travel arsenic the Environment Agency continues to person flood warnings successful place. There is peculiar interest for 2 points on the River Ray successful Oxfordshire, and it is feared the River Nene volition burst its banks successful 2 places eastbound of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

There are besides immoderate little terrible flood alerts successful place, including for the River Wandle country successful the southbound London Boroughs of Wandsworth, Merton, Lambeth, Croydon and Sutton. Environment Agency besides says Lower River Soar successful Leicestershire volition burst its banks pursuing the rainfall expected today.