It’s been a month dominated by low pressure and a jet stream positioned to the south of the UK. So, following rain bearing weather fronts, it’s been a largely sunshine and shower regime with winds primarily WNW.

Yesterday’s 25C (77F) became the UK’s warmest of August so far.

We saw a mixed bag of weather on Monday – heavy rain 🌧️ spread in from the west, but many southeastern areas enjoyed a sunny ⛅ and warm day pic.twitter.com/LH6zGnj7iK

— Met Office (@metoffice) August 14, 2017

It would be interesting to see when the last time the 1st half of August was this cool.

Be sure to enjoy today’s sun and showers and warm sun.

It's going to feel quite warm today with all the sunshine. We might see a 26C (78.8F) across SE England. Stav D pic.twitter.com/CT111yhxD1

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) August 15, 2017

Next spell of wet and windy arrives overnight tonight.

Wednesday: Wind and rain will slowly spread eastwards to reach all but E & SE England. Stav D pic.twitter.com/R2gr9YUh8p

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) August 15, 2017

As stated yesterday, here’s hoping Hurricane Gert can give our pattern a kick and bring back summer.

Hurricane #Gert is no threat to land but sure is impressive. NAM 3km going for major hurricane: https://t.co/Fg9f0RQmE3 pic.twitter.com/GKO1BIiYDv

— wxcharts – a MetDesk Company (@wxcharts) August 15, 2017

Tropical Storm Gert has formed. When it bumps into the jet stream in a week, it will cause it to ripple. This may bring summer back…
🔽🔽🔽 pic.twitter.com/x6FCt2MJ8j

— Liam Dutton (@liamdutton) August 13, 2017

GFS ensemble sees the shift directly related to Gert’s northward heat transfer but a lot of uncertainty remains as models struggle with tropical heat distribution into higher latitudes.