A raft of hefty showers and thunderstorms developed and tracked north aboard a warm, moist southerly flow. It was the first real day of disturbed weather in 3 weeks. While the DRY spell has ended, the warm, humid conditions live on as low pressure remains west of the UK and without managing to get overhead […]
Scotland It’s been an active and rather different day across the country with hefty showers and thunderstorms rumbling generally south to north through this morning and afternoon. Rain and storminess will linger tonight up and down the Eastern flank of the country but it turns drier further west. Lows stay mild at 15-17C and staying […]
Today has seen the peak in temperatures with a reading of at least 33.5C at Heathrow Airport this afternoon. Not only is that the UK’s warmest of the year but it’s the warmest value since the record-breaking 36.5C reading was reached back in July 2006 This peak heat comes as the breakdown begins, along you wouldn’t have […]
There has been a lot of rain in recent times across Texas and as a result rather cool for this time of year. However as the ridge builds over the Four Corners it will slide east and so conditions settle down from Houston up to Oklahoma City after recent shower and thunderstorm activity. Low pressure […]
The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast has finally seen an end to the heatwave which produced the most consecutive 90s in New York City since August 2002 according to AccuWeather. That was the summer I was in New Jersey interestingly. While there was no 100s that summer from Philly up to Boston, it sure was hot and humid with 96 one […]
While the heat comes roaring back in the South of Britain tomorrow, I am watching closely to coming 5 days with that low pushing in from the west. Rather than that system sweeping through, it will swing lines of heavy rain and storms from SW to NE across the UK and Ireland but be aware that […]
It’s been another very warm to hot day across the western and northern UK as well as Ireland while in the east it’s been cool and for some, cloudy with highs stuck in the teens. Over the next few days we will see the ridge, currently drifting into the North Sea dive south and that means […]
Temperatures throughout the Northeast have sizzled for the past 6 days with 90 or above in most sites away from the shore. While Central Park, NYC was 2 degrees lower than yesterday at 96 and Philadelphia was matched yesterday at 97, I want to take you to Lakehurst, New Jersey where the temperatures apparently hit 108 […]
Beneath a strong upper ridge, fairly light winds and cloudless skies, temperatures topped out at 31.4C this afternoon in Porthmadog, Wales while it hit 30C in Castlederg, Co Tyrone and 29.5C in Prestwick, Ayrshire setting a new benchmark for the year in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. With conditions near identical if not even better, we should see equally as […]
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