The day has got off to a soggy start – no doubt there will be flooding in places. But it will get better!
The Met Office’s hour-by-hour forecast says it should be dry by 8am and stay dry until around 4pm, when showers will start.
Then, at 5pm, they think we could be hit by a thunderstorm. Heavy rain will continue until around 7pm and then be dry.
Temperatures will reach a high of 21ºC, but with the humidity it will feel warmer.
The thunder is part of a weather warning the Met Office issued earlier this week and stays in place until 6am tomorrow.
The entire south east could be affected by the summer storms. In worst case scenarios, up to two inches of rain could fall in just two hours, and with many rivers and streams across the borough already fairly full due to recent rains there could be localised flooding or persistent lightning.
Flash flooding in Molly Millar’s Lane
The Met Office Chief Forecaster said: “Increasingly warm and humid air arrived from France on Wednesday, bringing with it an increased risk of thunderstorms.
“At this stage, there is still room for error in the northwestward extent of this airmass, and also how widely thunderstorms develop and where. The southeast of the warning area is currently considered most at risk and updates to the warning will be made as new information becomes available.
“30 mm or more could fall in an hour very locally, with 50 mm or more in 2 hours.”
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