Brits will have to brace for more thunderstorms today after a week of wet, windy and disruptive weather.
A total of 36,000 lightning strikes are thought to have struck the nation over the last 48 hours, according to BBC meteorologists, while further spells of stormy weather forecast are today (September 7).
Heavy showers are also expected in parts of the UK, with northern areas worst affected.
The unsettled conditions are now expected to stick around until at least the end of the week thanks to a slow-moving front of low pressure sitting over the British Isles.
Explaining the long stretch of stormy weather, Met Office Senior Presenter and Meteorologist Alex Deakin said: “We often have one area of high pressure controlling our weather, we've certainly seen that a lot through the summer. But one area of low pressure controlling things for a number of days is fairly unusual.
“By the time we get to Thursday, that low pressure is moving in across the UK.
"It could be quite windy across the southwest on Wednesday night for sure, but otherwise, as this low moves in, what we could see is the showers become more slow moving so they last a little longer and they could drop more rain.”
The Met Office have also issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in the north east of Scotland.
The advisory, which covers an area including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness, will be in place from 3am until 10am today.
Five flood warnings and six flood alerts are also in force by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
UK weather forecast:
Continuing unsettled with further showers and thunderstorms.
Today:
A mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers, some of which will be heavy with a risk of thunder. Remaining windy in the south and west.
Tonight:
Showers easing inland for many but further showery bands running north across the southern Britain and northern Scotland. Clear spells in between. Breezy in southwest and far north.
Thursday:
Further showers and thunderstorms in south, mainly dry with variable cloud elsewhere with an increasing risk of heavy rain across northeast England and eastern Scotland later.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Showers on Friday will be occasionally thundery, but will become lighter and less widespread on Saturday. Thicker cloud and rain possibly spreading from the southwest on Sunday. Temperatures around normal.
