Storm Forecast Issued: 00:08 Sunday, 1st August 2010
Valid: 2010-08-01 00:00:00 - 2010-08-01 23:59:00

Regions Affected
(SE Scotland, NE England, Yorkshire, Midlands, East Anglia, E Wales and Northern Ireland are included in the WATCH)

Synopsis

The United Kingdom is sandwiched between two Low pressure systems on Sunday, one to the southwest and one to the northeast, providing a dominant northwesterly airflow.

In the rPm airmass, scattered showers are expected to develop across eastern Britain. Best potential for thunder and lightning, albeit low, exists across the SE Scottish Borders and NE England during the late afternoon and early evening where the best cloud heights are likely to be.

Elesewhere any thunder and/or lightning is likely to be very isolated. Given the airmass, small hail is possible in some of the showers, with a chance of local flooding in any prolonged torrential downpours.