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Will Scotland see thunderstorms as Met Office issues warning for parts of UK
A yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued for today, June 7- but will Scotland see the coming cloudburst?
Scots have seen a rainy start to summer in a drastic change from the seemingly endless warm weather we saw during spring- which was the sunniest spring on record. But it seems that conditions are only to worsen this weekend, with a yellow thunderstorm warning having been issued by the Met Office for parts of the UK today, June 7.
The national forecaster has announced that the coming storms may lead to 'some disruption to transport and infrastructure', and that it is highly likely that driving conditions will be affected by standing water or hail. A yellow thunderstorm warning also indicates that buildings are likely to see damage from lightning strikes, and that delays to travel services are possible.
'Some short term loss of power' is also a possibility in the coming cloudburst, said the Met Office i n their warning.
The forecaster said on their website: "Frequent heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected for much of Saturday before fading from the west during the mid to late afternoon.
"10-15 mm of rain could fall in less than an hour, whilst some places could see 30-40 mm of rain over several hours from successive showers and thunderstorms. Frequent lightning, hail and strong, gusty winds will be additional hazards."
But will Scotland see the oncoming storm? The yellow warning has been issued for parts of southern England, spreading across the entirety of the land from east to west, south of Manchester. Parts of mid and east Wales are also within the area of the yellow warning.
North of the English border, however, we appear to be getting away Scot-free, although the weather won't be a dream up here either.
While Scots may have escaped the thunderstorms, today is forecast to be another rainy and cloudy one, with widespread showers covering most of the country coming in from the west.
According to the Met Office, the worst of these showers are to take place throughout the morning, and they will continue to travel east across the country as we enter the afternoon and early evening.
Alex Burkill, meteorologist at the Met Office, said this morning: "Although there will be some dry weather around, showers- and intense showers at that- will never be too far away.
"There's some wetter weather pushing through this morning that's clearing away towards the east, and plenty of showers then following in behind.
"So whilst there will be some dry weather at times through this morning, there will also be plenty of showers developing. These are building from the west and making themselves pretty widespread as we go into the afternoon.
"The heaviest showers well across southern parts of Scotland, maybe northern England as well, and also particularly across southern parts of England and Wales."
Temperatures are set to be cooler than what we may expect for this time of year, explained the forecaster, with the mercury in Scotland to hover around 14C today.
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