As for prospects for today, there are signs currently of showers breaking out in the midlands ahead of the mass of rain coming up from France. I'd expect these to become more widespread and turning thundery over the next few hours as they push north.
Tonight is an interesting one - some potentially strong storms coming up from France affecting quite a wide area. Models are differing somewhat on the positioning of these storms - some take them E of IOW affecting SE England parts of E. Mids and EA overnight , other models take this area further west, affecting more C. Southern England, Mids and into Lincs/E. Yorks. Radar watching brief on this one, but the really strong (possibly violent) storms will be on the eastern side of this system.
Ben,
Nr. Easingwold, North Yorkshire
30m asl