Temperatures towards the southeast of the UK will again exceed 30°C today but rather than reaching the mid-thirties they will instead peak in the low thirties with this slow cooling trend continuing throughout the next few days as low pressure pulls in some cooler air. The next few days will see troughs bringing a continued risk of heavy showers and thunderstorms, especially for central and southern regions, with temperatures eventually returning to nearer normal values.
This morning is starting off with a fair amount of low cloud and mist around, especially towards eastern and north-eastern regions. There are also the remnants of the overnight heavy showers and thunderstorms affecting parts of Wales, western England, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. These showers will tend to drift away to the west allowing sunny spells to develop for many places although low cloud is likely to linger towards north-eastern coasts. Attention will then turn towards central and southern parts of England along with Wales this afternoon as scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms break out although they will again be hit and miss affairs with many places missing them. However, where they do occur, torrential downpours, hail, gusty winds and frequent lightning are all possible. Temperatures today will range from a rather cool 14°C to 17°C around northern and eastern coasts to 21°C to 26°C for many other areas with more of a north-easterly breeze, but towards the southeast of England it will again be very warm with highs of 31°C or 32°C.
These storms will tend to rumble on well into tonight across central and southern regions but for northern Britain it will be mostly dry with low cloud feeding back in from the northeast. It will be another warm night in the south but not quite as warm as recent nights with northern regions again seeing a cooler night. Tomorrow is then set to see temperatures dropping a touch further with a continued risk of heavy showers and thunderstorms towards the south of the country whilst the north remains drier and brighter.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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