Turning Warmer Next Week?Added : Saturday at 11:40 June finished on a cool and changeable note for many parts of the country and initial indications show that the month was one of the warmest but also wettest June's on record. Parts of Scotland have seen their wettest ever June with some locations seeing over 7 inches of rain during the month. The warm spell that mostly affected southern parts of the UK during the mid-month period saw the hottest day of the year at London Heathrow when temperatures peaked at 34.5°C. Overall the average temperature for June was 1.5°C above average, meaning that it was the equal fifth warmest June on record for the UK as a whole, but for England it was the joint second warmest June on record.
So what does the beginning of July have in store? Well the month is starting off rather changeable as an Atlantic frontal system moves in from the west this weekend:
However, this system is fairly weak and most of any rain or drizzle will be on the light side with some areas staying dry:
Then for Sunday much of the country will become dry with some sunny spells after the early cloud and leftover rain clears the southeast, but an occluded system will bring some occasionally heavy showers to the north and west:
As we go into the early part of next week there will be a fair amount of dry and bright weather around for much of Britain and Ireland, but a trailing weather system looks like lingering across southern regions:
Although this system will be pretty weak on Monday, bringing little more than a fair amount of cloud and just the odd shower, it does look like it will pep up as we go into Tuesday with a spell of rain pushing eastwards across central parts of Britain and Ireland:
This rain band will mark the boundary between the cooler and fresher air across the north and the warmer, continental air to the south:
It then looks like some of that warmer air will begin to push northwards during the second half of next week, but associated with this may be a thundery low so although temperatures may rise, the risk of thunderstorms may also increase:
All in all not a bad start to July as although it won't be completely settled, there will still be a fair amount of dry and bright weather around for much of the time. Temperatures then look set to increase from the south as we go through next week, but along with this could come a risk of scattered thunderstorms.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER |