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A peculiar weather phenomenon threatens to drive Britain’s mini heatwave to an explosive climax.An unusual arrangement of high and low pressure – known in meteorology as a ‘col’ – could see the heat erupt in a flash of thunderstorms.Cols, which describe four areas of pressure, two high and two lows, arranged in a grid, can drive humidity and atmospheric instability.Such an arrangement, stretching across the UK from eastern Europe, the […]

Simmering Britain will nudge a raft of weather records this week as temperatures bubble over the 28C mark.Parts of the country are facing the hottest spring blast for more than 30 years under a plume of tropical sunshine.Southern and southeastern England could hit 28C by the end of the week, smashing the May 1 record of 27.4C, set in 1990.But while daily records are under threat, this week’s hot spell […]

A 28C mini heatwave set to bake Britain will be the strange product of a northerly Arctic wind cooked under a high-pressure heat dome.Despite reports of African and Spanish plumes, hot weather this week will arrive from chilly Scandinavia.Air will sweep down from the Arctic circle and into a dome of high pressure building over the UK.This high will cause Scandinavian winds to heat as air falls in the atmosphere, […]

Large parts of the UK are set to enjoy warm, sunny weather at the start of next week, with inland temperatures forecast to reach up to 10C above the seasonal average. Britons will bask in warm rays of sunshine as temperatures soar into the high teens and low twenties.Despite a brief spell of rain to western parts of the UK, fine conditions start to build into early next week, according […]

A tropical plume from the Continent could be about to trigger a major U-turn with temperatures after the weekend tipped to nudge 26C.Drastically changing weather patterns hint at booting out the lingering chill for a balmy blast of summer.Independent forecasters agree next week is likely to bring a temperature surge, particularly across southern Britain.Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services and social commentator, said: “There is a good chance we […]

Frenzied Atlantic cyclones tormenting meteorologists will call the final shots over when Britain’s sunshine will reappear.A barrage of low-pressure systems hurtling towards Britain through the end of April threatens a wind and rain-swept run into late spring.Experts are keeping their eyes glued to high pressure close by which, when it eventually pushes through the lows, will herald the return of the sun.But to-ing and fro-ing meteorological weather models have once […]

A ‘cyclonic-anticyclonic’ battle zone will keep Britain on the cusp of a return to sunshine through the end of April.Tussling weather systems will bring more rain and dreary skies through the next couple of days before the weather makes a weekend about-turn.Unsettled low pressure rattling in from the west will hammer against high pressure to the east, keeping any early scorcher at bay.However, experts say change is afoot from the […]

Britain’s weather is about to take an unexpected U-turn with rain, thunder and hail to give way to spring sunshine.After a miserable end to the Bank Holiday, temperatures mid-week will rocket above average for the time of year.Yo-yoing forecasting models are finally settling on a return of high pressure and better weather.While parts of the country will wake to chilly mornings under a northerly wind, for most, it is a […]

Easter will climax in a thundery deluge as post-holiday downpours threaten parts of the country with floods.Energetic weather fronts ploughing in from the Atlantic, loaded with heavy rain spell a washout end to the Bank Holiday.Western and southern regions are in the firing line, while Scotland and the northeast stand the best chance of dodging the deluge.Rain will hold out through the start of the week as a band of […]