A fresh wave of weather warnings have been issued as swathes of the UK are set to be lashed with heavy rain and thunderstorms.
Two new yellow weather warnings have been issued for parts of Scotland and the North East of England, and parts of the South West of England and south Wales.
In the north of the UK, the storm warning is in place from midday today until 6pm this evening.
The Met Office has warned of: "Heavy showers and thunderstorms perhaps causing some flooding and disruption."
It added that driving conditions will likely be impacted and there could even be damage through lightning strikes.
The weather warning stretches from Aberdeen and Wick, in Scotland, over Edinburgh, south through Newcastle and much of the east coast towards Whitby.
Meanwhile, in the south, the storm warning comes into action at the same time, but lasts slightly longer, in place until 7pm today.
It covers south Wales and the South West of England, east over Gloucester and Bath, and towards the likes of Swindon and Fairford.
Yesterday, the Met Office warned that thunderstorms were likely on the way ahead of temperatures rising later this week and into the weekend.
Met Office Chief Meteorologist Steve Willington said: "What’s chiefly responsible for these thundery showers is that the UK is under the influence of low pressure, with daytime heating helping to develop unstable air which can be responsible for these bursts of heavy rain."
But the weather is set to shift ahead of the weekend.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Steven Keates added: “More of a northwest/southeast split in the UK weather is developing from Friday and into the weekend.
"High pressure will begin to establish itself from the southeast, allowing a good deal of settled weather through the weekend, with temperatures likely building towards, or slightly exceeding, 30C in some spots.
“However, it’s a much more unsettled picture to the northwest through the weekend, with weather fronts pushing in from the Atlantic bringing more in the way of rain and some gusty coastal winds, especially for those in Scotland and Northern Ireland.”
This, the Met Office warn, could lead to the return of a heatwave as the settled conditions continue into early next week.
But it would only affect some places in the UK and could see temperatures reaching as high as 31C.
The bloc of low pressure is drawing up air from across Spain but this comes amid worries of another dangerously hot European summer.
Temperatures are already expected to hit 40C in Seville, Spain this week.
