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hills in the north of the UK. A mixture of rain and hail showers looks likely elsewhere.  Away from much of Scotland it'll remain blustery on Sunday, although not quite as windy as Saturday. “The weather looks likely to remain rather cold and showery into next week and there's a chance of further wet

lightning imager over Europe and Africa will vastly improve our short-range forecasting, helping us to identify and track impactful storms, particularly rapidly developing, multi-hazard storms that can bring not only lightning but also strong winds, hail and heavy rainfall. The improved frequency

, and may fall as organised bands moving quickly to the northeast. These bands are capable of bringing hail and locally very gusty winds. While coastal gales will continue, especially in the west, temporary gusts exceeding gale force are possible around the heaviest showers and may not be confined

confined to far southeastern areas as the night progresses. Outlook for Wednesday Wednesday will start fine across Scotland and Northern Ireland, with sunny spells. Showers will develop through the day, some locally heavy with a risk of thunder and hail, especially in southeastern Scotland

. Northern England and Scotland will also see a rising chance of showers from mid-afternoon, extending to Northern Ireland later. There is a small chance of torrential downpours with hail, lightning and localised gusty winds in Scotland and northern England. Temperatures will be widely very warm to hot

into the evening and overnight period. Showers, some with sporadic thunder, will continue to move northeastward into central and eastern areas. A separate, more organised area of thunderstorms, accompanied by frequent lightning, hail, and heavy rainfall, may affect the far southeast. Meanwhile, a band

. Quite blustery with some heavy spells of rain mixed in too, possibly even some hail and thunder. So quite an unsettled and possibly quite wet day by the time we reach the afternoon on Wednesday. But still once again some sunny breaks across eastern areas mixed in with the showers. Temperatures

in too, possibly even some hail and thunder. So quite an unsettled and possibly quite wet day by the time we reach the afternoon on Wednesday. But still once again some sunny breaks across eastern areas mixed in with the showers. Temperatures not getting quite as high, highs reaching more like 20

sunny spells in the south it could reach 20°C. Friday will be a day of sunshine and showers, which could be heavy and slow moving at times with some thunder, lightning and hail. The showers will affect most parts of the UK, including London, with some more persistent rain affecting parts of eastern

October 2000. The previous highest 12-hourly value (09-21 GMT or 21-09 GMT) was 62.9 mm on 10 June 1993. The average October 1961-1990 rainfall. Radar imagery 3-hourly radar imagery from 13/14 October 2002 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: 11 February 2013 © Crown Copyright