United Kingdom & Ireland
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Scotland A stunning summer’s weekend is on offer right across Scotland as high pressure sits directly overhead. After what is likely to have been Scotland’s warmest day of the year so far, it’s a near perfect night to spend time outdoors with temps holding in the mid-20s till 7Pm, 21C till 9-10pm and only gradually cooling after dark. Mist and […]
With a firmly established, locked in pattern such as this, forecasting the true breakdown of this hot spell well in advance is near impossible but modelling suggests an increase in thunderstorms and downpour towards the second half of next week, starting in the South, Southwest and spreading north but that’s a good week away and there’s a […]
Scotland After a cloudy start for many, the sunshine continues to burn off cloud cover this afternoon and so the sunshine will turn to air very warm by 4 or 5pm with many up into the 25-27C range, always a touch warmer towards Aberdeenshire, Angus, Fife, Lothian and the Borders, perhaps an isolated 28C showing up. Even the […]
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