The Met Office has predicted that rain will hit Southampton in the late evening after issuing a thunderstorm warning that will come into effect tonight.

The weather experts said that "heavy rain and thunderstorms" could lead to "disruption" in the city on Friday night, with a "slight chance" of power cuts and sudden flooding.

A yellow warning for thunderstorms comes into effect at 6pm until 11.59pm.

But before that, Southampton is set to see a sunny day, with temperatures reaching as high as 22C ahead of the storm's arrival.

See the full hour-by-hour forecast from the Met Office below.

Met Office predicts start time of thunderstorms as yellow weather warning issued in Southampton

1am: Cloudy night, 16C, feels like 16C

2am: Cloudy night, 16C, feels like 16C

3am: Cloudy night, 16C, feels like 16C

4am: Cloudy night, 16C, feels like 16C

5am: Sunny intervals, 16C, feels like 15C

6am: Sunny intervals, 16C, feels like 15C

7am: Sunny intervals, 16C, feels like 16C

8am: Sunny intervals, 16C, feels like 16C

9am: Sunny intervals, 18C, feels like 17C

10am: Sunny intervals, 19C, feels like 18C

11am: Sunny intervals, 20C, feels like 19C

Mid-day: Sunny intervals, 21C, feels like 20C

1pm: Sunny intervals, 21C, feels like 20C

2pm: Sunny intervals, 22C, feels like 21C

3pm: Sunny intervals, 22C, feels like 21C

4pm: Sunny intervals, 22C, feels like 21C

5pm: Sunny intervals, 21C, feels like 21C

6pm: Sunny intervals, 21C, feels like 20C

7pm: Sunny intervals, 20C, feels like 20C

8pm: Showers, 20C, feels like 19C

9pm: Showers, 19C, feels like 18C

10pm: Showers, 18C, feels like 18C

11pm: Showers, 17C, feels like 17C

Midnight: Showers, 17C, feels like 17C