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Responsible for this are tropical thunderstorms that brew over the rainforest at night.

And while one well-known cause of air turbulence is thunderstorms, it’s poorly understood how far from a tempest shaky conditions are likely to persist.

The storm is expected to advance into the Midwest area, where it will also bring with it "lake-effect" snow and severe thunderstorms.

But meteorologists say that predicting the path of fast moving, intense thunderstorms is a very tricky business.

She warned some thunderstorms may arrive on Tuesday, “when there will be sharp showers, with top temperatures of around 17C”.