For a second day in a row (wayhey!) it was a largely dry, bright and pleasant picture across Scotland and Northern Ireland beneath the influence of high pressure with Glasgow exceeding 20C. In stark contrast, low pressure over France brought a thoroughly miserable Wednesday to southern and eastern England with an August’s worth of rain falling within 36 hours.

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Check out this afternoon’s visible satellite view of the low over France that was responsible for all the rain.

It’s cold front is bringing the welcome heat relief to Italy but violent thunderstorms are erupting as the energy runs into the hot, unstable air.

Yesterday’s highs greatly reflect where was sunny and where was wet. Note 20.5C in a sunny Glasgow (warmest in UK) but only 13.4C just to the NW of London at High Wycombe under the rain.

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Much better today with the front clearing the Kent coast and temps recovering.

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Current temps aren’t the warmest but interestingly on this day back in 2003, the UK set a new all-time heat record…

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While one front clears the English coast, another moves into NW Scotland and shall present a wet and windy night and Friday rush hour over Scotland, N England.

Weekend looks decent.

See video below for a glance at the rest of this week, weekend into next week.

FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Robin Mc Auley‏ @mcrophone

Tags: france storm, uk rain