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Much of Courier country is basking in sunshine today but forecasters of warning of heavy rain to come.

Torrential downpours and thunderstorms are due to reach us by the early hours of Friday, with warnings that up to a month’s worth of rain could fall in a matter of hours.

The wet front will reach the south of the UK today, with the risk of intense thundery downpours.

Senior forecaster Gareth Harvey said: “There are some quite active thunderstorms in the English Channel and they will move towards the south coast during the night. There is quite a cluster of storms heading for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

“These showers will push north through Thursday, with some really heavy downpours in places. It will reach Scotland, with heavy rain in the east – parts of north-west Scotland might escape most of it.”

Warm air moving in from the south today is expected to make it feel very humid across central and southern areas of the UK, with heavy rain.

A spokesman said: “As we have already seen this summer, this type of weather situation has the potential to cause sudden, localised surface water flooding and hazardous travelling conditions.”

The weather system is expected to clear away to the east during Saturday, with drier, fresher weather following everywhere, with some sunshine.