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Branwen Jones

Sun, downpours, hail, thunder and lightning... the crazy weather Wales experienced in just a few hours

Parts of south Wales have seen a series of sunshine, hail, thunder, lighting and torrential rain all in one day. Cardiff and Swansea have seen sunny intervals change into heavy showers, the occasional thunder and lighting and even hail on Saturday, June 25.

Meanwhile, places such as Porthcawl, Monmouth and St David's were said to be experiencing mostly cloudy and light showers. It seems that Wales has seen the last of the hot and sunny weather we have experienced in recent days - for a while at least. Along with the unsettled and mixed weather, according to the Met Office, the temperature was around 18° in the capital, 16° in Swansea, and at its coolest in the Newtown area, at around 13°.

Our video shows hail beating down in Cardiff on Saturday afternoon and PureGym on Western Avenue was forced to temporarily close after heavy rain resulted in flooding in part of the club. And while it was still cloudy in the Welsh capital early Saturday evening, there were bright blue skies less than 30 miles down the road in the seaside town of Porthcawl making it perfect to get the BBQ out.

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