The Met Office has updated its yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in Wales and changed the list of locations it believes will be affected by the storms. The weather warning, which was issued by the Met Office on Wednesday, is still a 'yellow' warning - which means people likely to be affected should take preventative action but the expected weather conditions are "unlikely" to pose an immediate risk to the general population - but the area covered by the weather warning has been expanded in some areas and reduced in others.
Thunderstorms have been forecast for across Wales and England between 10am today until 11.59pm tonight. In Wales, the weather warning previously covered Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan and Wrexham, but has now been updated to cover just Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Monmouthshire, Powys and Wrexham.
This means the Met Office no longer believes thunder storms will hit Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbort, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen or the Vale of Glamorgan - but could affect Ceredigion, Conwy and Gwynedd, all of which were not previously covered by the yellow weather warning. Denbighshire, Flintshire, Monmouthshire, Powys and Wrexham were all listed in the initial thunderstorm warning and remain covered by it.
