Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Whilst many places will miss them, scattered thunderstorms may either arrive from the south or break out through the rest of this morning and more especially through this afternoon and early evening before decaying or clearing later this evening. The west of Northern Ireland is probably most at risk of seeing thunderstorms, but anywhere within the warning area may see some activity. Where thunderstorms do occur, heavy rain, large hail, gusty winds and frequent lightning are all possible, with 15-30 mm of rain falling in a short space of time in a few places.

For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings

Information on update: Warning expiry time extended until 0300 on Saturday to cater for slower clearance of rain across the far north of Scotland. Spells of heavy rain and thunderstorms initially over northwest Scotland are likely to become more widespread during Friday morning. Further thunderstorms and spells of heavy rain are possible in the afternoon before becoming confined to more northern areas of Scotland later in the day. Rainfall amounts will be highly variable but narrow corridors of 20-30 mm falling in 1 hour and potentially 30-50 mm in 3 hours is possible. Frequent lightning, large hail (2-4 cm diameter) and locally gusty winds with stronger storms.

For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings