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We’ve seen some impressive skies this weekend with plenty of heavy showers 🌦as well as some sunshine ☀️ 📸 @simonluckman1988 from Twitter . With further heavy showers in the forecast this week and a thunderstorm warning ⛈ ⚠️in force for parts of southeast England on Tuesday night and Wednesday it is likely that we’ll see further striking skies in the coming days . Here’s the UK forecast👇 . ⬇️Headline⬇️ Showers for the northwest, drier in southeast, rain in between. . ⬇️This Evening and Tonight⬇️ A rather cloudy but mostly dry night for southern and eastern England, once any daytime showers ease. Bands of rain, heavy at times, will push northeastwards across more central and northwestern parts. The breeze will stop temperatures dropping much. . ⬇️Monday⬇️ Breezy and showery for Scotland and Northern Ireland, with risk of hail and thunder. Early rain across northern England and Wales breaking up somewhat. Warm sunny spells further southeast. . ⬇️Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday⬇️ Rain or showers developing on Tuesday, with potential for torrential thunderstorms in the southeast overnight and into Wednesday. Turning brighter and fresher from the west. Sunshine and showers on Thursday. . . . #sunshine #showers #rain #thunder #weather #forecast #loveukweatherTorrential rain this week has led to a lot of mud at @downloadfest. A mix of sunshine and showers still to come but not as wet as it has been. 📸 @marcxsmith . . Here’s the UK forecast 👇 Showery rain in the north. Drier with clear spells elsewhere. . This Evening and Tonight: The band of showery rain will continue northeastwards, becoming confined to parts of Scotland later in the night. Otherwise, clear spells with showers easing for most. However, there will be further showers arriving into the southwest later in the night. . Sunday: A breezy day with sunny spells and showers, these will be heavy at times. Thicker cloud and more persistent showery rain over northern Scotland at first will clear away northwards. . Outlook for Monday to Wednesday: Sunshine and showers for many on Monday. After a dry and bright start on Tuesday, heavy and thundery showers will arrive during the afternoon and move north overnight into Wednesday. #rain #weather #loveukweather #mud #download2019It’s pretty muddy at #downloadfestival2019 . Amazingly, they had more than a month’s worth of rain 🌧 from Monday to Wednesday this week in advance of the site opening. . Here are the rainfall stats from Sutton Bonnington (about 5 miles east of Donnington Park)… . Rainfall so far this month (up to 0900 14 June): 99.8 mm (166% of average) . Average rainfall in June: 60.2 mm . Rainfall total for 10-12 June: 68 mm . Wettest day: 10 June (32.8 mm) . Thanks to @OliviaJWood_x on twitter for sharing her video. . #loveukweather #muddy #rain #wellies #festivalFed up of it feeling like winter? . It does look warmer next week ➡️⏱ . But note we’re not promising flaming June and blue skies for all, just a bit less ‘January’! . . #drier #sunnier #warmer #loveukweather #weather #nextweek #forecastThrowback to when most of us were getting more sun than rain ☀️🌧 . Big thanks to @skylark22BHC1 over on Twitter for sharing this beautiful image with us 😍 . Fancy a feature on our feed? Just include @metoffice & #loveukweather in your post 🙌🏻 . . #weather #loveukweather #sunny #throwback #rain #warningsFantastic images of low hanging clouds! Massive thanks to @simon_weather over on Twitter for sharing these with us 🙌🏻 . We think they’re possibly mammatus clouds rather than Asperitas, but it’s tricky to tell 🤔. . Mammatus clouds hang down from under a Cumulonimbus (thunderstorms). . With more heavy rain and thunderstorms in the coming days you could catch a glimpse of clouds like these 👀. . Stay #WeatherAware and keep up to date with the latest warnings ⚠️. . . #weather #warning #lowclouds #greatyarmouth #clouds #asperitas #mammatusArchives
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Tag Archives: Wales
Warm, dry, sunny start to October
The first half of October has been dominated by high pressure, giving a warm, dry, sunny start to October across the UK. The month started with some weather fronts crossing the UK bringing rain in places. However the mid month … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, dry, Fog, forecast, frost, Met Office, Northern Ireland, rainfall, statistics, sunshine, temperature, Wales, weather forecast, wind
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Are we set for record July rainfall?
While July has seen a good deal of dry and bright weather, we’ve also seen a few periods of heavy rainfall. Whether through intense thundery downpours or prolonged periods of rain such as seen in southern parts of the UK … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, England, july, Met Office, Northern Ireland, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, summer, UK, Wales, weather, wet, wettest
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Saturday’s squally weather and reports of tornadoes
On Saturday we saw a number of heavy rain showers group together in what’s known as a ‘squall line’ – a narrow band of thunderstorms, intense rain, hail, and frequent lightning accompanied by brief but very strong gusts of wind … Continue reading
June set to be slightly drier and sunnier than average
Provisional Met Office early June figures suggest that it has been drier than average and slightly sunnier than usual so far this month. Rainfall for the UK from 1-26 June was 37.8 mm. At this stage we would expect to … Continue reading
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Tagged East Sussex, England, flaming June, Herstmonceux, june, June weather, Magilligan, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
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April drier and colder than average
After the wettest April on record in 2012, provisional full-month Met Office figures show this April has been slightly drier than average in the UK. Rainfall throughout the UK was 64 mm this year, compared to the 1981-2010 average of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, april, cold, dry, England, Met Office, Northern Ireland, Scotland, statistics, UK, Wales, weather
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Updated: Latest snow depths Friday 18 January
As forecast, many areas of the UK have had heavy snowfall today, particularly in Wales and the south and west of England. The heaviest snowfall so far has been in Wales, where a red warning is currently in place. Sennybridge … Continue reading
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Tagged powys, severe weather, snow, snowfall, uk snow, Wales, warning, weather
How wet has 2012 been? Is it a record breaker?
Provisional figures from the Met Office from 1 January to 26 December 2012 show that some parts of the UK have already had their wettest year on record. New records have been set in England (1095.8 mm), northern England (1253 … Continue reading
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Tagged East Anglia, England, Met Office, Midlands, Northern Ireland, rainfall, record breaker, record rainfall, Scotland, Wales, wettest year on record
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Is it the wettest UK summer on record?
This summer started with the wettest June in the UK in the national records which go back to 1910 and was followed up by a wetter than average July (16th wettest), so are we set for the wettest summer on … Continue reading
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Tagged England, july, june, Met Office, Northern Ireland, rain, rainfall, record, Scotland, summer, Wales, wet, wettest, worst
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Another wet and windy June weekend
It has been reported that this weekend’s weather is a once-in-50 year occurrence. In reality, last week’s weather was much more significant with winds recorded up to 84 mph and rainfall of 127 mm in parts of Wales. Although we are in … Continue reading
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Tagged England, gales, heavy rain, Met Office, Midlands, Northern Ireland, rain, severe weather warning, South East England, Wales, weather
More wet weather to come
The UK has seen some exceptionally wet weather over the past week and there is more rain to come this week Severe Weather Warnings are in place today for parts of the south of England, with up to 80 mm … Continue reading
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Tagged England, flooding, Met Office, rain, severe weather, Wales, weather
