UK weather forecast – 33C heatwave to end with thunderstorms and flooding today, Met Office warns
THUNDERSTORMS are expected to bring the current scorching heatwave to an abrupt halt later today and some flooding could be on its way.
The Met Office currently has a yellow weather warning which covers a large part of the UK’s east coast, stretching from Aberdeen to London.
Met Office meteorologist Martin Bowles said that there was a risk of thunderstorms within that area which would bring some heavy rain in parts.
He said there was a possibility of up to 30mm of rain within an hour which could cause some localised flooding.
The warning was put in place for midday and only comes to an end at midnight.
The news comes as Brits in many parts of the country made the most of the glorious sunshine as temperatures once again pushed past 33C.
For the third day running Heathrow Airport, in south-west London, exceeded that temperature with 33.1C recorded earlier today.
The thunderstorms will bring an end to the current heatwave which saw records smashed for bank holiday weather.
A high of 33.2C at Heathrow Airport made it the hottest August Bank Holiday Monday on record.
During Monday’s record-breaking temperatures, Bala in Snowdonia National Park was the warmest place in Wales, with a top temperature of 25.5C.
Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, reached 25C and Helen’s Bay in Northern Ireland saw the mercury rise to 21.9C.
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The previous best August Bank Holiday temperatures before this weekend were 31.5C at Heathrow in 2001, 27.3C in Velindre, Powys, in Wales, and 27C in Knockareven, Co Fermanagh, both in 2003, and 26.7C in Aviemore, Scotland, in 1984.
The thunderstorms predicted later today are expected to end around midnight tonight, making way for a dry night for most parts.
Wednesday is meant to see more rain as a cold front moves east from western Scotland and Northern Ireland and the north-west is due for a significant amount of rain.
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The south-east is also expected to be significantly cooler as clouds sweep in.
The top temperature tomorrow is expected to be around 24C, significantly down on the temperatures in the past few days but still a couple of degrees above average for the time of year.
Then it is more of the same for Thursday and Friday with western Scotland and Northern Ireland hit by rain and winds while it will be generally a dry day in the south with temperatures around the 23C mark.
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