Weather alerts for thunderstorms have been lifted after parts of Wales and the UK were battered by rain, hail, and lightning on Monday. Torrential rain temporarily halted the Manchester City trophy parade, which celebrated the club winning the treble, on Monday and there were thousands of lightning strikes recorded across Wales.
Met Office forecaster and meteorologist Simon Partridge said the worst of the thunderstorms had now passed and drier weather was expected going into the latter parts of the week. He said: "We've got high pressure starting to rebuild over the course of the day and when you get high pressure that's what gives us lots of dry, settled weather like what we've had over the last couple of weeks. That's becoming more established on Tuesday and through the week so we will see a lot of the country be dry with sunny spells.
"The thunderstorms have gradually been working their way westwards over the last couple of days because the area of the warmest and most humid air has drifted its way westwards. As a result... we're expecting to see thunderstorms across parts of western Scotland and Northern Ireland.
