Thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain to comply with warmest spring equinox in 50 years | EUROtoday

Flooding is anticipated to clean away the warmest spring equinox in additional than 50 years as thunder storms historically related to summer season are introduced ahead by local weather change, the Met Office stated.

21 flood alerts, the place flooding is deemed attainable by the Environment Agency, are in place throughout the south west and Midlands, with flooding anticipated within the Bourne Valley, Wiltshire. Frost is anticipated to return to rural areas as temperatures plunge in a single day.

The Met Office instructed travellers to “take care” as “there could be some localised flooding in places” days after the UK noticed its warmest spring equinox day since 1972 on Thursday, with temperatures reaching 21C.

The newest groundwater stage recorded in Clarendon was 70.98m, with property flooding attainable when it goes above 70 metres.

Despite the nice and cozy spring climate, the National Highway needed to shut components of the M18 in Yorkshire to clear floodwater on Saturday following heavy rain.

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Jonathan Vautrey, a meteorologist on the Met Office, stated: “For this time in the year, it is rarer to have such intense storms. This is happening because we have had a lot of warm weather of late and temperatures are notably above average for the time of year.

“We’ve had highs reaching over 20C over the last few days, and we were up to 18.5C as the high today as well, where we should be more around 10 or 11C.

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“That sort of heat that we’ve got around at the moment has really helped to spark off some of these thunderstorms, and a lot of moisture being drawn in with this sort of low-pressure system that’s been arriving across the UK.”

Mr Vautrey added that the local weather disaster will see summer season storms come earlier annually.

“We’re constantly seeing warmer temperatures at earlier points of the year compared to where they normally are.

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“These sort of intense summer storms are then increasingly going to happen at more points in the year because we’re getting those temperatures in there to really allow them to start developing.”

The Met Office stated it will be a cloudy begin on Sunday, with rain within the north and east slowly easing later within the day.

The forecaster predicted sunny spells within the northwest and southeast, with showers quickly “bubbling up” in one other delicate day with above-average temperatures for a lot of the UK.

Senior Operational Meteorologist on the Met Office Ellie Glaysnor, stated: “We are not expecting too much change in the temperatures throughout this week, with mid to high-teens in sunnier conditions, but in frontal cloud temperatures nearer average (low to mid-teens).

“There is still a risk of overnight rural frost in clearer spells, with temperatures generally down into low or mid-single figures for most.

“Areas experiencing frontal cloud overnight will see temperatures hold up in high-single figures, if not low double figures, at times.”