After several days of dire weather forecasts a bright and sunny Exeter is likely to escape with only a light shower, the Met Office has revealed.
On Friday the forecaster increased the severity of its weather warning for Saturday, saying torrential rain which will cause localised flooding in places is likely.
They said theer would be frequent lightning, large hail and locally strong gusts should also be expected and there could be "significant flooding".
The Met Office issued an amber status, meaning people should 'be prepared'.
A forecaster said: "Several areas of heavy, thundery showers will develop over England and Wales from Friday night before moving northwards during Saturday."
But he also added: "Not everywhere within the warning area will see thunderstorms, and indeed some spells of warm sunshine are expected at times."
Exeter looks set to escape the storms. The latest forecast issued on Saturday afternoon shows only light rain for the city.
Wind speed is also very low, and at the opposite end of the scale to the storms predicted to hit some parts of the South West.
