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Britain will shift from drought to floods as inches of rain descend in an explosive tropical deluge.Heavy thunderstorms will smash parts of the country through the next 48 hours, carried on a volatile plume from the Bay of Biscay.The heaviest downpours will hit the south and the southwestWXCHARTSMet Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said: “There is a risk of seeing some heavy, thundery downpours at times.“If you do catch one of […]

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather alert as heavy showers are set to blast parts of Britain on Monday afternoon.The UK's national weather service has warned that "scattered thunderstorms could lead to some flooding and disruption in places".Extreme conditions, in England and Wales, are expected to result in difficult driving conditions, with road closures and cancellations of train and bus services predicted.Along with travel disruptions, the Met Office […]

England is facing a heat warning for Sunday with temperatures expected to soar to 25C across the country.As a result, the public has been advised to stay indoors during the hottest part of the day as the mercury rises.Met Office forecasts confirm that Sunday will likely be the warmest day of the week, with particularly high temperatures in the capital and surrounding areas.Thermometers are set to reach 25C in no […]

Britain is set to face temperatures higher than Barcelona this weekend, with the mercury expected to soar to 27C in some parts of the country in just days.The Met Office has forecast that London and the southeast will experience temperatures of around 24C on Sunday, while other parts of the UK could see even higher readings on Monday.Temperature anomaly maps show that much of the country will be significantly warmer […]

A tropical plume from the Bay of Biscay heralding a return to warm weather will arrive with a stormy sting in the tail.Temperatures this weekend will once again head skywards as warm air sweeps around an "anticyclonic high".But unlike last week’s hot spell, next week will see unstable air from the south bring a wider risk of thunderstorms.Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said: “High pressure is building into the northwest, […]

A £57million-valued fund for a controversial scheme aimed at "dimming the Sun" and slowing global warming has been given the green light.The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) will fund 21 projects, including five outdoor trials, expected to begin in 2027.These experiments will test methods to manipulate Earth's climate by reflecting sunlight away from our planet.Techniques include injecting aerosols into the atmosphere and "brightening clouds" to combat rising global temperatures.One […]

Bone-dry Britain is turning into a tinder box as hot-weather forecasts spark warnings for a spate of wildfires.Freakishly dry skies over the past six weeks show no signs of rain into the start of summer.The wildfire total this year has already come close to the ten-year record with rising temperatures and dry winds threatening to fan the flames.The lack of spring rain has created ideal conditions for fires to spread, […]

Britons will be swapping coats for T-shirts again by the weekend as the topsy-turvy weather ushers a burst of warmth.Although the steamy high-20C peaks of last week will remain a memory, the UK is about to lose its northerly chill.Temperatures through the coming days, particularly across southern Britain, could nudge the low-20Cs.Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services, said: “It is turning warmer again by the weekend, and although we […]

Britain is in danger of wilting with ‘little to no rain’ through May threatening one of the driest springs on record.A potential summer drought threatens farmers and gardeners sparking early fears of hosepipe bans.After a near-record dry March and the sunniest April, forecasters predict another fortnight of almost rainless skies.Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services, said: “The outlook has very little in the way of rain through the next […]