THE Met Office has issued “danger to life” warnings as thunderstorms and lightning are set to batter the UK. The forecaster put out two yellow weather alerts for Friday and Saturday

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms covering a large area of southern England and Wales. The weather warning will last from 12pm until 8pm on Friday, before another takes its place from 1am until 11:59pm on Saturday.

The Met Office says thunderstorms and heavy showers are expected to cause disruption. "Hail and frequent lightning may accompany the most intense storms, especially during Saturday afternoon and evening in parts of the Midlands, southern England and east Wales," the Met Office said.

Where thundery showers do fall, they will bring frequent lightning, gusty winds and potentially some large hail, as well as brief spells of heavy rain, the forecaster said. It has warned that 15-25 mm of rain fall may fall in an hour, with a very small chance of 30-40 mm falling in three hours.

Exeter-based forecasters have said there is likely to be frequent lightning strikes, gusty winds, hail and heavy rain during the warning. While the warning covers the East, London and the South East and the West Midlands, the southwest is most likely to be hit the worst, with up to 40mm of rain fall in just three hours.

The Met Office has issued back-to-back weather warnings the the whole South West after temperatures soared back into the mid 20s this week. The Devon-based forecasters have warned of heavy showers, frequent lightning strikes and strong winds tomorrow and Saturday.

This is the Met Office UK Weather forecast for the weekend 19/09/2024. A change to much more unsettled and wet weather comes for southern areas through Friday and over the weekend with thunderstorms and heavy downpours likely.

Thunderstorms and heavy rain are set to batter the UK from tomorrow with the Met Office issuing two yellow weather warnings - one for Friday and one for Saturday - covering large parts of the UK. Forecasters have warned affected areas could see disruption to public transport,

Britain is set to be battered by hail and thunderstorms with the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning for areas of the South West beginning tomorrow afternoon.

London is in for a change of weather as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms. The warning is in place from 12pm to 8pm on Friday, September 20 and is expected to hit much of west London and parts of Greater London.