It’s summertime in
Britain, which can mean only one thing when it comes to the weather – that’s right, you’re getting all of it, crammed into a few days that will throw your wardrobe planning into utter chaos.
As you will have already noticed, today has been rather wet. Here’s proof – just look at all those umbrellas at the Thames Traditional Boat Festival in Henley-on-Thames...First the bad news – there’s more rain on the way - only this time it’ll be accompanied by thunderstorms, with yellow weather warnings issued for
Scotland and the north of
England for Friday evening going into Saturday morning. Heavy showers and #thunderstorms will bring difficult travelling conditions and localised flooding this evening and on Saturday morning Stay #WeatherAware ⛈️ pic.twitter.com/ldVc3Yn9Cb— Met Office (@metoffice) July 19, 2019Saturday evening and Sunday should be rather marvellous with only scattered light showers and balmy temperatures ranging from 20C in the north to 26C in the south.
Here’s a full weekend forecast from the Met Office.Making plans for the #weekend?The weather will bring mixed fortunes across the UK... 🌤️⛈️🌧️🌡️ Here are the details👇 pic.twitter.com/RzNeyqf21r— Met Office (@metoffice) July 19, 2019But because this is Britain, those lush warm temperatures may get a bit too hot later next week.
Those of you living in the south-east can expect temperatures up to 34C, enough to melt a Fab lolly in approximately minutes.
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UK asked the Met Office if the hot weather is the result of another “Saharan bubble” or a “continental heat dome”.
Turns out it’s actually caused by nothing more complex or terrifying-sounding than it being summer.
The Met Office’s Nicola Maxey, said: “There is always speculation in the media when we have warm weather there has been talk about a ‘continental heat dome’ and a ‘Saharan bubble’.
“These are not meteorological terms that are recognised professionally and their origins are often unclear.”
“As to the reason for the warm weather - as can often happen at this time of year, a high-pressure system has developed over the near continent increasing temperatures over Europe, then warm continental air moves north into the south and east of the UK.”
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