but it is warm, not quite as warm as yesterday which was the warmest day of the year so far. but i think easily, even with the hazy skies, temperatures will widely reach the low 20s across england and in other parts of the country i think the high teens can be expected early this afternoon. so, pleasant enough for the next few hours. then, things will change and the weather could get quite dramatic later today, when we are expecting thundery downpours to sweep into parts of the uk. it will be coming in from the south, there is a separate band of rain heading to northern ireland, another one will reach the south of the country. so i think late afternoon, we will see those clouds really starting to increase in the west and the south, and the met office warns that particularly south eastern parts of the country are in for local torrential downpours, frequent lightning, gusty winds and even large hailstones. so, this is for south eastern areas, for a few hours, not everywhere, bu