No scorching summer season climate in UK till mid-August, Met Office predicts

Jul 17, 2023 at 6:03 AM
No scorching summer season climate in UK till mid-August, Met Office predicts

The UK will not see any scorching summer season climate till mid-August, in line with the Met Office.

While Europe swelters in an unrelenting heatwave, forecasters have predicted that any scorching summer season climate just isn’t anticipated for a number of extra weeks.

Showers are being forecast within the week however the heavy winds which were seen throughout the nation throughout the weekend are anticipated to fade on Monday.

Heavy rain is anticipated on Tuesday throughout central and northern elements of England, Wales and Northern Ireland with temperatures not rising above the low 20Cs.

Meteorologist Simon Partridge stated: “The common gist is it’s going to turn into a little bit extra settled by way of the week however we’re not going to see climate as moist and windy as over the weekend, however on the identical time there is not going to be any explicit dry or settled or heat climate both, so issues are carrying on for July as they’ve for the previous couple of weeks.

“As we go through Monday, it will be another day of sunshine and showers.

“The good news is that winds can be lighter than over the weekend as that low stress strikes a bit additional away and in addition the showers can be fewer and farther between however nonetheless the chance of a thundery bathe throughout jap elements by way of the afternoon.

“In terms of temperatures through the week, they are bizarrely similar, they are around average for the time of year, many places in high teens and the further south and east you are, you are looking at low 20s with 22C or 23C.

Children cool themselves in a fountain of the central Syntagma square
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Meanwhile, Europe is enduring a punishing heatwave. Children are seen cooling themselves in Athens, Greece

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“The day with the most significant weather is Tuesday, we have an area of low pressure that moves across the UK which will bring some quite heavy rain at times, particularly across central and northern parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with north and south of that a reasonably dry day.”

Looking forward, the Met Office forecaster stated that the sample of changeable climate was anticipated to proceed, including: “It’s fairly disappointing for the middle of July, nothing particularly warm or sunny.

“At the second, the primary sign on our long-range fashions is there’s a sign for issues turning drier and hotter however not till mid-August.

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“The weather pattern is blocked and not changing which is part of the reason why things got so warm in southern Europe, because that high pressure is just sitting there, keeping that warmth growing, but unfortunately it is keeping us in this more changeable airstream, so nothing too wonderful for the next couple of weeks.”