Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to hit large parts of the UK today (Friday) as the mercury nosedives.
Temperatures will drop to the mid-teens today as downpours batter the country following weeks of glorious sunshine.
BBC forecaster Carol Kirkwood said thunder will sweep up from the southwest.
She blamed the change in weather to a system currently sitting above France which is shifting northwards on Friday, bringing patchy rain showers, reports the Mirror.
"Some of those will merge to bring longer spells of rain which could be heavy and thundery [in the south]," she said.
Brian Gaze, from the Weather Outlook, warned heavy rain would be much more dramatic in some parts of the country on Friday.
Mr Gaze went on to say the threat of rain continues into the weekend, with wet weather expected in the southern and central regions on Saturday.
“However, by Sunday showers probably become more scattered again," he added.
Showers are expected to hit Bristol around lunchtime today when there's a 50 per cent chance of rain. And temperatures will dip to around 14C.
UK weather forecast
Friday:
Heavy rain, perhaps with thunder, moving across southern areas, followed by scattered heavy showers or thunderstorms, lasting into the night. Cooler. Northern UK, dry, broken cloud and sunny spells.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times with a risk of thunder, across southern areas. Dry with spells of sunshine in the north of the UK.
