UK weather: Met Office warns of heavy rain and thunderstorms after 29C sunshine… but millions still face hosepipe ban
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THE Met Office is warning of heavy rain and thunderstorms after Brits were basking in scorching heat again yesterday.
But 2.5million households are on the brink of a hosepipe ban thanks to the scorching spring and summer so far, as reported by The Sun last night.
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Yesterday Brits were basking 29C
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Heavy rain is expected today
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A Met Office chart showing the spread of rain today
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It comes after Brits flocked to beaches yesterday, with forecasts of 29C.
Meteorologist Alex Deakin said: "It's fair to say the weather's changed tack a fair bit... it's going to be a wet day for some, welcome rain in places, but also unseasonably windy."
However, he said much of East Anglia and the Southeast will avoid much of the downpours, though not the breeze with wind gusts forecast at up to 45mph.
Mr Deakin went on to say, there were six hour rainfall "accumulations" through the night across much of the country - and up to three inches more is due to fall throughout the day.
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"Over the hills we could see 75, maybe even 80mm of rain - but even at lower levels 20 to 30mm is possible," he said.
The meteorologist continued: "It's welcome rain for some because it has been quite a dry spring and summer, to say the least.
"It's also been a pretty warm summer so far but today temperatures are much closer to the average and feeling quite a bit cooler."
Met Office weather charts show highs of 22C in the south this afternoon.
Meanwhile, Thames Water said it will impose hosepipe restrictions from next Tuesday in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, most of Wiltshire and parts of Berkshire.
Yorkshire Water and South East Water have already announced the measures affecting six million customers.
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Sources said Southern Water — which supplies Kent, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, and East & West Sussex — is also days away from its own ban.
Up to five more regions could be in a drought by September, according to the Environment Agency.
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