Enjoy the sun today before two days of thunderstorms, warns Met Office

It has issued a yellow weather warning of rain and said: “Isolated severe thunderstorms seem likely to develop on Friday, these succeeded by a band of more widespread heavy rain and occasional thunderstorms, moving gradually north later in the day, affecting much of the highlighted region into the early hours of Saturday morning.

“The public should be aware that there is a chance of some very localised significant disruption, mainly from surface water flooding. Lightning and hail could also cause some impacts.”

There are no reports of traffic problems in the Crawley, Horsham, or Mid Sussex areas.

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