AFTER a week of scorching temperatures thunderstorms are on their way this weekend.
The Met Office has issues a yellow weather warning for rain with heavy thundery showers expected to break out over the course of the weekend, especially on Sunday when these could be widespread and torrential in places.
The thunderstorms will creep up on the UK from the Atlantic by around 9pm on Friday.
They're expected to reach Oswestry by 9am on Saturday morning.
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A rain warning comes into effect from Friday night with flooding possible in places over the #weekend
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Met Office deputy chief operational meteorologist David Oliver said: “This yellow rain warning comes as temperatures are set to dip for many areas over the weekend. A spell of rain, heavy in places perhaps with some thunder, moves in from the southwest late on Friday and into Saturday.
“This is followed up by an unsettled weekend for much of England and Wales with showers breaking out widely. Some very heavy showers or thunderstorms are on the cards, especially during Sunday. However, farther north it is set to stay mainly dry with some fine weather, although it will not be as hot as has been seen recently.”
While rainfall totals will vary considerably from places to place, up to 100mm of rain could build up in some locations with potential impacts including the chance of some flooding as well as poor travel conditions due to surface water.
Lightning and hail are expected to be additional hazards.
Warnings have also been issued to motorists due to surface water on the roads.
For those hoping for a drop in temperatures there's mixed news as they are only expected to drop to the early 20s over the weekend but will be in the early teens next week.
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