High pressure just to the east of the country and low pressure to the west is allowing increasingly warm air to drift up from mainland Europe during the next 36 hours or so with temperatures across parts of France set to exceed 40°C tomorrow. It won't be quite as hot for our shores, but south-eastern parts of England could well see maximums into the mid-thirties tomorrow afternoon before cooler, fresher air returns from the west for the weekend.
Thursday has dawned rather cloudy across many parts of Britain and Ireland with outbreaks of rain and drizzle affecting many parts of Ireland, Northern Ireland, northwest England and southwest Scotland, some of the rain heavy in places. It is a bright start to the day across northeast Scotland, and also across southern counties of England with some sunshine. The area of cloud and rain will continue to push northwards today, although the far north of Scotland will remain dry and bright with temperatures of 14°C to 17°C. Meanwhile, skies will turn increasingly sunny across England, Wales and the Republic of Ireland with temperatures responding well, reaching maximums of 24°C to 28°C, but cooling sea breezes will develop around coasts.
Rain will continue to push north across central and northern Scotland tonight, clearing from the south by dawn but only as another band of rain edges into western parts of Ireland. For the rest of Britain and Ireland it will be a fine, dry and warm night and this takes us into a hot day tomorrow with temperatures peaking in the low-mid thirties across central and eastern regions. Hot sunshine will give way to an increasing risk of thunderstorms breaking out in the east later in the day, whilst a cold front moving in from the west will bring a bring a band of showery rain and fresher air with it.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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