Did you hear thunderstorms overnight?
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Were you woken up by a rumble of thunder or maybe even a flash of lightning in the night?
Parts of the UK experienced thunderstorms last night after days of hot and humid weather.
A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms remain in place for much of the UK today.
Did you see or hear any amazing thunderstorms last night? Comment below, we want to hear all about it!
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Why do we get thunderstorms when it's hot?
According to the Met Office, thunderstorms are more likely to happen when the atmosphere is unstable.
This environment can be created after a period of hotter days, when warm air sits beneath much cooler air higher up in the atmosphere.
As this warmer air rises, it starts to cool and condense, creating big clouds called cumulonimbus.
Inside the cumulonimbus, water droplets and ice crystals collide with each other, creating electrical charges that, when big enough, become a flash of lightning.
The sound of thunder comes from a shock wave through the air caused by the lightning.
