Glastonbury at risk of being hit by ‘damaging’ downpours
The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for Thursday, stretching from Sheffield in the North, across the South East and down to Bath
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Glastonbury is at risk of being hit by “damaging” downpours with thunderstorms set to hit southern England on Thursday.
The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for Thursday, stretching from Sheffield in the North, across the South East and down to Bath in the South West.
Thursday is also set to see more rail strikes, with the poor weather likely to add to travel woes.
Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “The only thing that we have to be aware of is there is, an albeit small but not tiny, risk of some intense thundery downpours, particularly tomorrow. Chances of Glastonbury itself actually getting hit by one is very small.
“So hopefully they stay fine.
“The warning talks of the risk of 40 to 60 millimetres of rain falling in just a few hours, large hail, frequent lightning, that kind of thing.
“So it could be quite damaging. But the risk is very small of it actually hitting the Glastonbury site.”
Thursday will also see hot temperatures, he said, with highs of 29C to 30C in the north of England, before dropping over the weekend.
Scotland and Northern Ireland will see dry weather, with the best of the weather towards eastern Scotland.
“Temperatures as we go into the weekend, a little bit lower, still so probably like 19C-20C, that kind of thing on both Saturday and Sunday”, Mr Burkill said.
“So a bit fresher, a bit more comfortable than what we’ve got at the moment.”