12 June 2023 , 12:22
516
0
Thunderstorms are set to hit parts of the UK today after days of bright sunshine and warm weather, and you can watch where and when they will hit with a live tracker.
Netweather radar shows the very latest rain, sleet and snow across the UK and is updated every five minutes.
A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms are in place for three parts of the UK today with the Met Office concerned torrential downpours may bring disruption to parts of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland until 9pm.
Forecasters said there is a risk of homes and businesses flooding adding this "could happen quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds".
They said spray and sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures and some communities might become cut off if roads flood.
Gales, snow and rain to batter country today with 80mph wind gusts
The Met Office added: "Where flooding or lightning strikes occur, there is a chance of delays and some cancellations to train and bus services, power cuts might occur and other services to some homes and businesses could be lost" and "fast flowing or deep floodwater is possible, causing a danger to life."
Yellow weather warnings are in place (Met Office)A Met Office spokesman added: "Thunderstorms and torrential downpours are expected to break out across central England and Wales during Monday.
"These will be slow moving and intense leading to some large accumulations with in excess of 30 mm in an hour for some locations and the potential for 60-80 mm or more in a few hours where thunderstorms align for a time.
"Frequent lightning and hail are likely to be additional hazards.
"Although some places will miss them, thunderstorms are likely to develop over parts of Northern Ireland and northwestern Scotland from early Tuesday afternoon.
"These will be fairly slow moving with the potential for large rainfall amounts in a short period of time. 20-30 mm of rain may fall in an hour or less in a few spots with perhaps 40-50 mm possible if successive showers affect the same location."
You can see the live tracker here.
Downpours are due in spots across the UK (PA)Regions and local authorities affected
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Highland
Northern Ireland
- County Antrim
- County Armagh
- County Down
- County Fermanagh
- County Londonderry
- County Tyrone
Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- Inverclyde
- West Dunbartonshire
East Midlands
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland
East of England
- Bedford
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Luton
- Peterborough
London & South East England
- Bracknell Forest
- Buckinghamshire
- Greater London
- Hampshire
- Milton Keynes
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Slough
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Wokingham
North West England
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Greater Manchester
- Halton
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Warrington
South West England
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bristol
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- North Somerset
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- Swindon
- Wiltshire
Wales
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
West Midlands
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands Conurbation
- Worcestershire
Yorkshire & Humber
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire