Raincoats at the ready as Bournemouth braces itself for mini-thunderstorms throughout the day.

It will be a mixed day weather-wise, with repeated thunder showers interspersed with dry and sunny intervals, according to the Met Office forecast.

Already battered by storms this week, many Dorset residents have taken to social media sharing pictures and videos of unusual meteorological conditions such as ominous looking shelf clouds.

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Hourly Met Office weather forecast for Bournemouth

Wet weather kicks of what is going to be a pretty damp day for Bournemouth. See when you can expect some dryer intervals in the hour-by-hour forecast.

  • Midnight: Thunder shower 18C
  • 1am: Thunder shower 17C
  • 2am: Partly cloudy 17C
  • 3am: Clear sky 17C
  • 4am: Clear sky 17C
  • 5am: Thunder shower 17C
  • 6am: Partly cloudy 17C
  • 7am: Thunder shower 17C
  • 8am: Sunny intervals 18C
  • 9am: Sunny intervals 18C
  • 10am: Cloudy 18C
  • 11am: Thunder shower 19C
  • Midday: Thunder shower 19C
  • 1pm: Thunder shower 19C
  • 2pm: Thunder shower 19C
  • 3pm: Sunny intervals 19C
  • 4pm: Cloudy 19C
  • 5pm: Sunny intervals 19C
  • 6pm: Light shower
  • 7pm: Sunny intervals 19C
  • 8pm: Thunder shower 18C
  • 9pm: Thunder 18C
  • 10pm: Cloudy 18C
  • 11pm: Partly cloudy 17C
  • Midnight: Thunder shower 17C