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Glastonbury festival-goers “may need to take shelter if they can” as thunderstorms are set to sweep across much of southern England, a Met Office meteorologist has warned. Music lovers will be swapping sun cream for umbrellas at Worthy Farm as the weather is set to turn from “wall-to-wall sunshine” and high temperatures on Thursday morning to “heavy thundery downpours” in the afternoon.The Met Office issued a yellow thunderstorm warning stretching from Sheffield in the North, across the South East and down to Bath in the South West, meaning Glastonbury revellers could be caught in torrential downpours in Somerset.

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torrential downpours and heavy thunderstorms as the delayed April showers cause havoc in May.The washout this week is expected to last throughout the month with gales and heavy rain lashing parts of the UK in the coming days.Sarah Kent, Met Office meteorologist has warned not to put raincoats away just yet after Brits experienced a dry April."It has really been very wet - nearly all of April's showers have turned up in May," she said."It's been very showery and the first three days of this week will be the same."There'll be sunny spells in some areas - but brewing up are torrential showers and thunderstorms."But the 'nasty' thunderstorms are going to hit Brits on Tuesday."It's still going to be thundery and there'll be mixed hail," she

Severe weather warnings could be imposed as torrential rain and strong winds are set to batter the UK, forecasters have warned.

forecast across parts of northern England and even as low as -7C in some areas of Scotland.Southern England should expect to see a nosedive from 17C today to just 2C tomorrow morning.It will come as a shock to many Brits, who have taken full advantage of the easing of lockdown restrictions last Monday following a week of record high temperatures across the UK.

heatwave the UK has basked in these past few days. Brits have been enjoying high temperatures in the mid-twenties, which are also set to end the week.

Torrential rain is set to hit Britain with a "disappointing" weekend washout ahead.