a chance to share some rare footage of the natural phenomenon known as st elmo s fire. here it is it looks a lot like lightning, but it s a bit different in the way it forms usually emerging not from clouds, but from rod like objects on the ground. this was filmed from the cockpit by two pilots from macdill air force base in florida in the build up to the arrival of hurricane idalia. no one was hurt, and no damage was caused by the spectacular display. asi as i said earlier, there is more in the bbc news website. stay with us here in bbc news. hello again. over the next few days, the weather is going to become more settled. but we do have some rain in the forecast, and today we also have sunshine and showers. low pressure is still very much driving our weather and we ve got showers wrapped around it. and as we go through the course of today, what you ll find is with fair weather cloud bubbling