Met Office weather forecasters have told millions of Brits to prepare as several amber and yellow weather warnings are in place for serious thunderstorms this weekend

By midweek, the Met Office has forecast that there is likely to be a mix of sunshine and showers, particularly wetter in the north and east, with more dry weather in the south and southwest.

A hot day to come for East Anglia and the southeast with sunny spells, with cloudier and cooler conditions in western areas. Some heavy downpours with thunder in northeast England later, where there is a yellow warning in force.

The Met Office is warning millions of households across the UK to prepare immediately this weekend as thunderstorms are set to pummel vast swathes of the nation. The weather service's most recent forecast indicates Friday (July 18) will begin warmly, with rain breaking out in western regions and sporadic downpours affecting Northern Ireland.

The Met Office has issued their two-week summer holiday verdict - while a weather presenter says a heatwave 'looks unlikely' in July. Met Office meteorologists have predicted that due to "high pressure" coming from the North West of the UK,