Midweek rain has soaked those heading back to school and nursery with blustery rain and thunderstorms. More of a central swathe of Britain on Thursday but Friday looks better.
Nobody needs a wet playtime on the first day/week back, especially when there has been such a lack of rain and even declared drought over the summer. And yet it did rain on Wednesday with blustery winds, thunderstorms and downpours. There are further warnings for Thursday stretching across a central swathe of Britain from Wales to the east coast of England.
Lightning strikes shown as coloured dots with ten highest wind strengths over cloud and rain radar
This rash of showers and thunderstorms will be edging northeastwards over England and Wales today. In between there will be bright spells and temperatures could reach 20 or 21C but overall it does feel cooler in the breeze and as the rain passes by.
Netweather radar from Wednesday afternoon showing rain over NE and S.Scotland and outbreaks for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland and Scotland hardly have any wind today but it feels cool with areas of rain or showers and more cloud. Schools in Scotland have been back for weeks now but there was much-needed rain for the northeast, one of several areas that have moved to the highest level - significant water scarcity this week, according to SEPA, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. The low pressure over southern Scotland, bringing the unsettled weather, will spin away over the North Sea later today and head to western Norway.
This leaves clear skies for England and Wales this evening and after midnight for more of the UK. A cluster of showers will move from the Irish Sea over Cumbria into southwest Scotland as the low pulls away. Away to the southwest, a new low pressure will swing up over southern England.
“An area of heavy showers and thunderstorms, moving northeast, may cause some localised flooding.” Met Office yellow warning for Thunderstorms
This will be a mixed day, some areas seeing fine sunshine whilst others see clusters of heavy, even thundery showers. The warning area covers the downpours which will soon move from southwest Britain across the Midlands to eastern England, particularly around the Humber into Lincolnshire. It will be breezy along the south coast of England and over Kent but not as windy as today.
Friday will be calm and bright. There will be sunny spells and just a scattering of showers over Britain as temperatures climb to the high teens and low twenties. This will be a better day.
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