A yellow weather condition caution remains in location for thunderstorms throughout Yorkshire today as the Met Office projections storms in the area.
The yellow caution enters into force from 12pm today and will last up until 9pm. Thunderstorms are infamously difficult to forecast, however earlier today the Met Office anticipate them in Bradford, Doncaster, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Leeds and Sheffield.
According to the Met Office, the storms might trigger damage to structures and property through lightning, high winds, flooding or hailstones. Thunder and lightning was seen and heard in parts of West Yorkshire quickly after 4pm on Sunday.
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They said: “High temperature levels on Sunday will activate showers and thunderstorms throughout the caution location, a few of which are most likely to be torrential , maybe bringing a couple of locations 30-40 mm in an hour.
“The odd location, impacted by several showers, might see more than this, maybe in excess of 60 mm in a couple of hours, more than likely throughout Wales and main England. As well as rain, extra risks will be hail, strong gusts of wind, and lightning. Despite this, some locations in the caution location will stay dry, or see just percentages of rain, due to the scattered nature of the heaviest showers.”
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19:30Alex Grove
Thunder in Sheffield
It’s still dry in Sheffield – however the thunder has actually shown up!
18:16Alex Grove
Rain now in North Yorkshire
The rain is moving north and the Met Office is presently revealing a big spot of rain over Kettlewell.
17:32Dave Himelfield
Odd pocket of light rain over western edge of the county
There’s the odd pocket of light rain over the western edges of the county however the storm has actually moved west into Lancashire and Greater Manchester, according to the Met Office’s rain map.
17:08Dave Himelfield
Epic storm over Todmorden
16:44Dave Himelfield
Heavy rain over parts of the Dales
Met Office rain map reveals concentrations of rain over the south Dales, around Wharfedale, and in the northwesternmost corner of the National Park, around Dentdale.
16:35Alex Grove
Met Office map reveals where the rain is
A Met Office live weather condition tracker map reveals where rain is falling. This is the scene at 4.30pm – with a huge blob of heavy rain over Huddersfield.
You can monitor whether it will strike where you live here.
16:33Dave Himelfield
Lightning crashes and heavy rain over South Pennines
Sheet lightning and thunder can be heard over the South Pennines around Todmorden and Cragg Vale. The rain, nevertheless, mainly appears to be soaking that there Lancashire.
16:31Alex Grove
Thunder and lightning in Todmorden
These remarkable photos have actually emerged from Todmorden in West Yorkshire. Thunder and lightning was seen and heard in the town quickly after 4pm today.
16:17Dave Himelfield
Some thunder over the South Pennines now
There’s some thunder and heavy, if rather spread raindrops now over the South Pennines. The rest of Yorkshire, nevertheless, is looking distinctly dry.
16:10Dave Himelfield
No thunderstorms for Leeds
Sorry Loiners, no thunderstorms for you. At least not according to the Met Office who state there’s a piddly 10% opportunity of rainfall this afternoon/evening.
14:41Sebastian McCormick
Met Office reveals thunderstorms moving North
14:20Sebastian McCormick
Temperatures by each hour in Huddersfield, Sheffield, York and Bradford today
Temperatures are set to be high in Yorkshire this afternoon regardless of the danger of thunderstorms.
According to the Met Office, temperature levels will remain in the high 20s in a lot of locations in the county. They said: “Bright or warm spells establishing through Sunday.
“Dry for lots of, however a threat of heavy showers or thunderstorms establishing this afternoon throughout the Pennines. Feeling hot or maybe hot inland, however cooler on coasts. Maximum temperature level 28 °C.”
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13:51Sebastian McCormick
What to anticipate
The Met Office has actually said:
- There is a little opportunity that houses and businesses might be flooded rapidly, with damage to some structures from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds
- Where flooding or lightning strikes happen, there is a possibility of hold-ups and some cancellations to train and bus services
- Spray and unexpected flooding might result in tough driving conditions and some roadway closures
- There is a small opportunity that power cuts might happen and other services to some houses and businesses might be lost
13:13Sebastian McCormick
Met Office declaration for today’s weather condition
“Bright or warm spells establishing through Sunday.
“Dry for lots of, however a threat of heavy showers or thunderstorms establishing this afternoon throughout the Pennines. Feeling hot or maybe hot inland, however cooler on coasts. Maximum temperature level 28 °C.”
12:32Sebastian McCormick
New thunderstorm projection reveals storms throughout West Yorkshire at 5pm
12:26Sebastian McCormick
Thunderstorm alerting map
This map reveals which locations the thunderstorm alerting covers.
11:40Sebastian McCormick
Current and previous weather report for Yorkshire
The earlier weather report revealed great deals of thunderstorms throughout Yorkshire.
However the existing projection reveals the thunderstorms just in Doncaster
