If you've found the heat a bit too much over the last few days then you will be relieved to hear that cooler and fresher conditions are now making their way in from the west and temperatures will return to nearer normal values during the next few days as we return to a more traditional weather pattern with winds mostly coming in from a westerly quarter.
Following the hottest June day for 40 years yesterday when London Heathrow recorded a maximum temperature of 34.5°C, it's another warm and humid start to the day across eastern and south-eastern regions of the UK but we have a lot of cloud and a few scattered showers moving through in association with the cold front, these locally heavy and thundery. We also have some showery rain affecting parts of Wales and northern England but these showers will continue to move away to the east so that by this afternoon much of Britain and Ireland is dry with some sunny spells with just a few showers lingering in the east. Increasingly cooler conditions will be moving in from the west today so although temperatures in the southeast may reach 26°C for a time, for many maximums will be between 18°C and 22°C and feeling cooler in the westerly winds.
A cooler and fresher night follows, especially in the southeast which will come as a relief for many after the muggy nights recently. Most places will be dry with some clear spells, but as we go through the night thickening cloud will bring some rain and drizzle to much of the north and west as a frontal system moves in. This rain and drizzle continues to move south-eastwards tomorrow but southern counties of England will remain dry for much of the day, and somewhat brighter conditions will follow into the northwest with temperatures back nearer normal.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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