Hello again, play will resume at 23:25 BST and you had better get the hot chocolate ready because it is going to be a late finish. It's a situation that might call for something a bit stronger.

With play halted due to the threat of lightning, we're taking a short break.

We will be back at 23:05 BST to tie in with the TV coverage, with play expected to resume at 23:25.

Former world number one Jason Day, the 2015 champion who is without a title since the Players Championship in May last year, was the form player just before the storm, picking up five strokes in four holes to take sole possession of third place at five under.

It was another disappointing day for McIlroy though, with four dropped shots in five holes. A second successive 72 was rather summed up by this birdie effort at the last and the golfing world sighed with him. Two over for the Championship, 10 shots behind leader Kevin Kisner.

Let's just have a quick look at some of the shots of the day and how about this for pinpoint ingenuity from Rory McIlroy?

The wind is picking up now and the rain is lashing down, it could be the Scottish coast. Maybe this is the storm blowing through.

Ken Brown
BBC Sport commentator

Matsuyama has been improving year on year. For a Japanese male golfer to win a major would be huge.

He will be keen to get back out there.

The chances are the wind might die down and he will get a break.

It is 17:17 local time in North Carolina and there are still slate grey, leaden skies. The flags are very limp and the rain is still falling. Time to break out the biscuits.

Ken Brown
BBC Sport commentator

When you are getting on roll like Day, Matsuyama and Oosthuizen you want to stay out there.

Condition were becoming benign. The wind was dropping a fraction.

All of the players are used to being on and off the golf course. It is about how you handle it. You have got to stay slightly focused but not waste too much energy.

Jay Townsend
Golf expert on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

This delay will bother Justin Day and Hideki Matsuyama, who were going well, while Jordan Spierth probably needed a bit of a break.

It all depends on what you were doing when this delay happened. It looks like a pretty big thunderstorm and it could be an hour, or an hour-and-a-half, before any more play.

How's that for timing? Commentary from our radio colleagues on 5 live sports extra has just started. You can listen to updates on the latest weather situation by clicking the link at the top of this page.

Here's a reminder of the BBC coverage on TV, radio and online.

Friday 11 August

18:00-00:15 - BBC Red Button, BBC Sport website, BBC iPlayer

23:05-00:15 - BBC Two

22:00-01:00 - Radio 5 live sports extra

Leader: -8 Kisner (18)

-6 Matsuyama (14)

-5 Day (10)

-4 Oosthuizen (10), Stroud (6)

-3 Fowler (18)

-2 Thomas (12), F. Molinari (11), Reed (11), Koepka (10)

-1 Lowry (15), Z. Johnson (8), Points (18), Reed (12), Woodland (11)

Selected others:

E Casey (11)

+1 D. Johnson (9)

+2 Poulter (13), McIlroy (18)

+3 Spieth (10), Rahm (18), Kuchar (18)

For now it is dry at Quail Hollow but the below radar is why the players have been taken from the course.

That looks nasty.

They weren't exactly rushing for cover, the American spectators are well used to this sort of thing. What we all need to know is how long this second round is going to take, or indeed whether it will be completed today. The uncertainty of the elements.

But there goes the dreaded hooter and play is suspended because of the threat of lightning. This is not good. Not good at all. Why did that weather forecast have to be so accurate?

No top-10's in the majors for Day this year and he missed the cut at the US Open, but he has picked up another birdie. Five shots gained in four holes and he in now in sole possession of third place.