Experts have warned the weather will remain "unsettled" this week as thunderstorms are expected to hit south Essex again tomorrow.

Thunderstorms are expected to hit parts of Essex again tomorrow, with an area of low pressure slowly moving across the UK this week.

In the Met Office’s latest week ahead forecast, Senior Presenter and Meteorologist Alex Deakin, explains: "We often have one area of high pressure controlling our weather, we've certainly seen that a lot through the summer.

"But one area of low pressure controlling things for a number of days is fairly unusual."

During the first half of the week, each day will see a mixture of showers or longer spells of rain interspersed with drier periods.

Where thunderstorms are expected, there could be gusty winds and heavy downpours where they form.

Here are the exact times thunderstorms are expected to hit Southend, Basildon and Canvey tomorrow, according to the Met Office:

Southend

The Met Office is forecasting thunderstorms to hit at 6am with a 60 per cent chance of rain.

The city will then see sunny intervals for the rest of the morning until 2pm and 5pm when a thunder shower is expected again.

Thunderstorms will hit again at 11pm and last until 1am tomorrow.

Basildon

Similarly, Basildon will see a thunder shower hit at 5am and 6am with sunny intervals forecast for the rest of the morning until thunderstorms are expected to hit again at 1pm.

The rest of the day will see cloudy and sunny spells until thunderstorms are expected at 11pm.

 

Canvey

Thunderstorms are set to start at 4am on Canvey tomorrow and will last until 6am.

Thunder showers will also hit at 2pm and 3pm with it being cloudy for the rest of the afternoon and evening until thunder is forecast again at 11pm.

Mr Deakin added: "By the time we get to Thursday, that low pressure is moving in across the UK. The isobars just perhaps starting to open up in places.

"It could be quite windy across the southwest on Wednesday night for sure, but otherwise, as this low moves in, what we could see is the showers become more slow moving so they last a little longer and they could drop more rain."