Exact time thunder is set to strike Coventry today as storms set to sweep in

Claire Harrison

12 May 2024 at 3:45 am·1-min read

Thunder showers are set to hit this afternoon (May 12) -Credit:CoventryLive

Thunder storms are set to hit Coventry and Warwickshire early this afternoon. The Met Office has put a ten hour long yellow warning for thunder in place across parts of the country, including our area, from 12noon today (May 12).

According to the latest local online forecast, thunder is set to hit our area at 2pm today. The thunder showers are set to last around an hour, with sunshine then forecast from 3pm.

The threat of rain will then return later on this afternoon but it will remain warm. However, the temperatures tomorrow (May 13) are set to feel cooler than they have in recent days.

Temperatures are set to reach 24C this afternoon but tomorrow's high is set to be a slightly cooler 19C.

Hour by hour forecast for Coventry and Warwickshire today

9am

Sunny/cloud - 16C

10am

Sunny/cloud - 18C

11am

Sunny/cloud - 19C

12noon

Sunny/cloud - 21C

1pm

Sunny/cloud - 23C

2pm

Thunder showers - 23C

3pm

Sunshine - 23C

4pm

Sunny/cloud - 24C

5pm

Sunny/cloud - 23C

6pm

Sunny/cloud/rain- 22C

7pm

Sunny/cloud/ rain- 22C

8pm

Sunny/cloud/rain - 20C

9pm

Cloud - 19C

10pm

Cloud - 18C

11pm

Cloud - 17C

Midnight

Cloud - 16C

The forecast for next week, so far, is 'changeable' with longer spells of rain on Tuesday, followed by sunny spells and showers on Wednesday and Thursday, heavy at times. Temperatures are set to return closer to average for this time of year.

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