Thunderstorms are on the cards for many parts of England on Saturday, forecasters say.

Plenty of showers may arrive as “a particularly intense” band of rain charges east through the South and West – “(so) expect sudden downpours, rumbles of thunder, and dramatic skies”, the Met Office said.

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms, covering parts of central and southern England and Wales, is in place through to 6pm.

In an online forecast, Met Office meteorologist Ellie Glaisyer said this could be when regions are hit with “the heavier showers, risk of thunder, hail and lightning, perhaps seeing up to 30-35mm of rain across a couple of hours, across much of England and Wales”.

There are plenty of showers around this afternoon, as shown in the latest radar sequence 👇

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