Good morning. An unexpected bout of heavy rain as well as thunder and lightning in the capital woke people up early this morning. Seoul saw more than 5 millimeters of rainfall in just a couple of hours. Expect thunderstorms with more lightning throughout morning, so have your rain gear ready.

The showers will let up shortly but expect another band of rain to sweep over this afternoon, it will be stormy one and it could linger into tomorrow.

Temperatures will be similar to slightly higher than yesterday. Southern provinces including Daegu will see highs above 30 degrees Celsius with no rain in store for most southern regions.

For a closer look, morning temperatures are ranging between 16 and 21 degrees Celsius. Central and southern areas are waking up to mostly sunny skies.

Daily highs will be a tad higher, but have a small umbrella handy in case of passing showers.

That's Korea for you and here's the international weather for viewers around the world.