As the scorching weather continues across the country this week, a plethora of yellow weather warnings have been handed out for thunderstorms on Tuesday.
Parts of Scotland are still under a weather alert for thundery showers, in place from 12pm on Tuesday, June 13 until 9pm that same evening. During the storms, the Mirror reports that some people may have been hit with a painful migraine as the clouds begin to roll in across the nation.
Friends and family members may joke with you that you are a psychic if you begin to feel a headache coming on before a storm - or they may just say you're being dramatic.
However, you can now tell them you were right all along, as headaches caused by adverse are very much a real thing, and is caused by the change of pressure in the atmosphere.
Health professionals at the NHS have listed "bad weather" as one of 10 things that could cause a headache. They state online that pressure changes can "irritate" your nerves and cause a migraine.
The website reads: "If you're prone to getting headaches, you could find that grey skies, high humidity, rising temperatures and storms can all bring on head pain.
"Pressure changes that cause weather changes are thought to trigger chemical and electrical changes in the brain. This irritates nerves, leading to a headache."
However, the informative website isn't a huge help when it comes to solving the pain issue, other than telling sufferers to check the weather forecast often so they can prepare for the headache coming on.
They added: "There's not much you can do to change the weather. However, by looking at the forecast, you can predict when you're likely to have a headache and make sure you have some painkillers ready for when you might need them."
However, a group of scientists delved into thunderstorm headaches and studied more than 7,000 patients diagnosed with headaches in one medical centre in Boston between the years 2000 and 2007, according to Scientific American.
As well as this, the researchers scoured the National Weather Service data in order to monitor fluctuations in temperature, humidity and barometric pressure within 72 hours of each patient's visit.
The scientists found that an increase in temperature in turn increased the chances of a patient developing a headache.
Also, they discovered that headache risk increased by an average of six per cent with every five-millimetre drop in barometric pressure that occurred.
Low barometric pressure can cause headaches by creating a difference in pressure between your sinuses - which are filled with air - and the surrounding atmosphere.
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