Cheshire hit with eight-hour thunderstorm warning in Bank Holiday washout

Meteorologists have issued a thunderstorm warning for Cheshire. The Met Office has today issued the yellow alert that will kick in tomorrow afternoon.

It represents a return to wet weather across the county - with both yellow and amber warnings rolled out for rain earlier this week. Now the Met Office reckons thundery storms will hit parts of the UK on Sunday with the alert running from noon until 8pm.

Forecasters reckon that across the country and Saturday will be 'the best day of the Bank Holiday weekend' while there could be heavy rain on Monday. Today and parts of Cheshire will enjoy highs of around 18C - with a chance of some light showers.

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But tomorrow and there will be showers across the county where temperatures may get up to around 15C. Dan Harris, deputy chief meteorologist with the Met Office, believes Saturday may be the stand out say of the Bank Holiday weekend.

He said: "Sunday will have a mixture of sunny spells but also scattered, heavy and in places thundery downpours. Not everywhere will see them but where they do occur there is a small chance of some temporary issues such as flooded roads. Scotland will be cloudier with rain, while Northern Ireland will also be cloudy but with a chance that heavy showers could break out later too, bringing similar conditions to England and Wales.

“The outlook for Bank Holiday Monday is for brighter, cooler and breezier conditions with scattered showers for England and Wales at first, but a steady drying trend from the west is likely. Northern Ireland could well start off fine but cool, and remain settled whilst feeling pleasantly warm in longer sunny spells. The focus for heavier showers is expected to transfer to Scotland and possibly northeast England, where again these could be slow moving, the heaviest of which could cause some temporary, localised issues such as flooded roads.

“We are keeping the weather warning situation under review, so please keep up to date with the latest warnings and forecasts from the Met Office if you have plans this Bank Holiday weekend.”

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