Hi all,

Let’s be honest, the gardens need rain (and my local golf course) so showers are welcome and we have more on the menu. Temperatures are below average for the time of year, and even with drier conditions into early next week, they will still remain below par. The signs are there though for warmer conditions and rather than two single hot days like we’ve experienced so far this ‘summer’, we could be in for a lengthy spell of summer sunshine and warmth.

Thursday: Sunny spells but scattered showers. These will be quite a downpour if you catch one which could be thundery with hail. Max 19°C

Friday: Little change with bright spells and showers. Again, the odd hefty one. Breezy. Max 18°C

Weekend: Improving….

Saturday: More in the way of sunny spells developing but still some isolated showers around. A little cooler. Max 17°C

Sunday: Hopefully a dry day across the board. A lot of cloud around initially but bright or sunny spells arriving into the afternoon. Max 17°C

Outlook: It looks likely that high pressure will be building in from the Azores. Unfortunately its position this week means will be prone to a northwesterly airflow so dragging in a lot of cloud at times and occasionally breezy. Some sunny spells around with a lot of dry weather but the cloud could be thick enough at times for some early-morning hill-drizzle. Towards the end of the week and into the second week of July it looks at this stage like the high pressure will hang around and slowly, with increasing amounts of sunshine, temperatures will rise back into the 20s with the mid-20s possible around the 9th/10th. Fingers crossed. Next weekend could be BBQ time and who knows, perhaps temperatures back to 30°C down south.

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Thanks for reading.

Jon

Forecast Issued: Wednesday the 29th of June 2022 at 9:20pm.

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Hi all,

The first heatwave of the summer has arrived in parts of the UK, something I hinted at in my blog on the 18th of May.

It was forecast a few days prior and could well see temperatures of 35°C being recorded before a thundery breakdown, threatening the UK June record.

These plumes of hot air tend to happen a few times during the summer months and more often than not drift east and miss the UK altogether, so hard to predict.

They are also usually short-lived, and for us, it will literally be one day of ‘heatwave’ temperatures, so not officially a heatwave across the region.

Thursday: A generally cloudy but warm and increasingly humid day with some sunny spells especially during the morning. Mostly light southerly winds. A warm night. Max 23°C Min 15°C

Friday: More in the way of sunshine after a cloudy start and it looks likely that we will be in the northwestern area of a hot plume of air from the south, originating from Spain. The heat and humidity could well trigger a sharp shower into the afternoon but very isolated. Cloud increasing overnight. Depending on how far northwest the airmass gets will mean a range of temperatures. Max 25-29°C Min 13°C

Weekend: Up to 12°C cooler!

Saturday: A cold-front will move southeast during the morning pushing away the hot and humid air. Some rain is possible to start the day but patchy. Slowly it will become drier but remain mostly cloudy. Much cooler. Max 16°C Min 10°C

There is some uncertainty to the following 24 hours as the heatwave breaks. Low pressure forming to the south means a band of persistent rain is going to form but where this sits across England and Wales remains to be seen. Locally over an inch of rain could be on the cards. Currently this band is set to sit just to the south of us, but a shift north isn’t out of the question. One to watch.

Sunday: A brisk, cool and gusty north-to-northwesterly wind bringing a few showers and mostly cloudy skies – unless the rain-band moves from its forecasted position. Max 16°C Min 9°C

Outlook: Temperatures slightly below average, 16-18°C, next week with a fresh and steady, westerly wind. Sunny spells and occasional showers can’t be ruled out but with high pressure trying to push in from the southwest it could well be drier, slightly warmer and with sunny spells to end the week.

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Thanks,

Jon

Forecast Issued on Wednesday the 15th of June 2022 at 6:45pm.