Alexi: A few local heavier showers are popping up along far southern areas of England currently, some could be thundery.

Alexi: A few local heavier showers are popping up along far southern areas of England currently, some could be thundery.

Alexi: Just patchy bits and pieces of light rain and drizzle across southern and central England and Wales currently. Some more heavier bursts are expected through this afternoon.

Alexi: Heavy bursts of rain affecting southern parts of England and Wales today, some thundery. Drier elsewhere with some sunny spells further north and west. A risk of showers across Ireland.

Alexi: A rapidly developing thunderstorm thunderstorm has popped up across eastern Ireland recently. Watch out for one or two more this afternoon.

Alexi: Cloud starting to thicken up across the far southwest of England but largely dry still currently. More substantial thundery rain not expected until the evening. Elsewhere, dry and feeling warm in the sunshine in the west.

Alexi: Happy Friday everyone. Low cloud down eastern coasts should pull back gradually through the day. Largely dry and feeling hot in the west. Showers possible for Ireland. Patchy thundery rain later for southwest England

Alexi: Some heavier showers are bubbling up across northern and central England currently. Elsewhere, mainly dry with good spells of sunshine and feeling very warm.

Alexi: Cloud along eastern coasts starting to peg back a bit now, it has been rather stubborn in areas closer tot he North Sea. Sunshine for many this afternoon and feeling hot again.

Alexi: Another day of bright sun for many, however, eastern coasts of Scotland/NE England seeing fog with some drizzle. Patchy cloud over much of Ireland, although mainly dry here.

Simon: All eyes to satellite pictures now, watching for cumulus development East Anglia, east Midlands, SE England and the Pennines.

Simon: Another hot day ahead. A similar area at risk of thunderstorms this afternoon ; eastern Midlands, parts of southeast and East Anglia. Plenty of hot sunshine for most. some low cloud eastern Scotland, cloudier Ireland.