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torrential rain, hail and lightning strikes. Lightning can cause power cuts and disrupt other utilities and services. Torrential rain and hail can lead to flooding and make driving difficult – with big differences in road conditions from one place to another. Extreme Heat Whilst many of us like

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Weather warnings in place for unsettled weekend

 strong, gusty winds. There’s also a risk of large hail falling in a few locations and where heavy downpours occur, up to 35 mm could fall within an hour, bringing a possible risk of flooding.   The second yellow weather warning for thunderstorms shifts the focus away from the far southwest but still

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Cold, windy and unsettled week ahead

ground above 200 metres, particularly in Scotland, with some low-lying areas seeing 2-5 cm. Hail and lightning are also possible, mostly across northern and western Scotland. The South West is likely to see strong winds on Tuesday night with the chance of gusts of up to 60 mph.  These strong winds

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A cold start to the week

on Monday, elsewhere, strong winds, heavy rain and hill snow will move into northwestern areas.  Wintry showers of rain, sleet, hail and snow will then follow from Tuesday. Towards the end of the week there are now signs of some less cold weather, reducing the likelihood of frost, ice and snow

flooding-in-north-cornwall---16-august-2004---met-office.pdf

gauge). Radar imagery The animation below uses 15-minute data between 1030 GMT and 1930 GMT. The images are composites, based on a mixture of the best resolutions available. Please note: The empirical relationship between radar reflectivity and rainfall rate is fixed whereas in reality this is highly dependent on precipitation type and is very different for rain and hail. Last updated: 18 August 2015 © Crown Copyright

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Mixed weather to come

. These showers will be heavy and thundery in places, and could be accompanied by hail, all of which could again adversely affect driving conditions. Sunday looks better for many with sunny spells and patchy cloud away from Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Here there will be steadily increasing cloud

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UK heading for days of thunder

A number of Yellow thunderstorm warnings have been issued for the UK, highlighting the potential for frequent lightning, large hail and flash flooding impacts from the intense rainfall which could see values of at least 50mm in a two or three-hour period in a few places. Dan Suri is the Met

Longest Tornado Track 21 May 1950

these became violent and heavy with hail and at least three tornadoes being spawned. Widespread flooding was reported and one tornado left a trail of damage stretching 65-miles, the longest track of a tornado ever recorded across the United Kingdom. Thunderstorms continued into the evening across

Highest Wind Speed 13 February 1989

sunshine, but showers as well, reached all parts by early evening. In the north there were heavy showers with hail and thunder with snow over the Scottish mountains. Temperatures were well above average again everywhere but most places had a very windy day with gales or severe gales even storm force

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Wet and windy picture continues

there is a chance of impacts both from rainfall and strong winds. Persistent rain feeding into eastern part of northern England in particular, sees the risk of some surface water flooding. There is also the potential for some heavy and thundery showers, which could be slow moving in places with a risk of hail

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