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The UK could be heading for a 30C end to May, a meteorologist has said, as the country finally looks set to shed a dismal few months of spring weather.Making predictions for the rest of the month, forecaster James Madden from Exacta Weather said: "Both rainfall amounts and temperatures are likely to be a little above average, but some large spatial differences are likely."Some of the main third-party computer models […]

The Met Office has issued a weather warning for rain with heavy downpours set to cover large areas of the UK. A yellow warning is in place from 1pm on Thursday, May 16, to 11pm and forecasts of heavy rain. The warning covers the majority of northern and central Wales as well as large parts of the West Midlands and north West.The Met Office has warned there is a small […]

A ‘significant heavy rain event’ driven by a relentless spate of storms sweeping America have put almost 15 states at risk of flooding.Torrential downpours threaten more than half a foot of rain in parts as saturated ground reaches tipping point.Swaths of the United States are braced for another round of storms ahead of the weekend with Florida on tornado alert.Colliding air masses combined with climatic events including the potential transition […]

The Northern Lights which lit up Britain's skies last weekend could return as soon as tomorrow, the Met Office has revealed.Last Friday's - and, to a lesser extent, Saturday's - displays marked a highly unusual change from the norm, where the lights are only visible around the poles, where the Earth's magnetic field is strongest.Over the weekend, a barrage of electrically-charged particles from the sun colliding with the Earth's magnetic […]

A ‘tornado surge’ whipping up more than 700 hulking twisters since autumn threatens to rage into summer.Ferocious storms driven by an active jet stream and clashing tropical and polar air masses will unleash heavy rain, hail and thunder through this week.Reports reveal the tally of tornadoes to hit America’s infamous tornadoes alley this year to have smashed the average by around 100.Tornadoes are most common between April and June, after […]

A strange weather phenomenon is set to hike UK temperatures up to unusual levels of warmth after last weekend's record levels subsided over the start of the week.The Foehn effect, where air warms and dries as it passes across mountains, could see temperatures soar once more in parts of Northern Scotland later today.After the UK revelled in its hottest weekend so far this year, temperatures slipped back to the low […]

A ‘race between the Atlantic and the tropics’ will keep spring hanging in the balance as the UK braces for a week of wind and rain.Low pressure from France will tussle high pressure from the tropical south which drove the glorious weekend weather.A battle between the two will bring a mixed and often rainy picture for the next week and possibly the rest of May.Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather […]

Britons hoping for the warm weather to continue into June could be left disappointed, as the Met Office have admitted that they can only offer “limited guidance” on next month’s forecast.The glorious weekend weather reached its peak on Sunday, when a high of 27C was recorded in Chertsey, Surrey, making it the warmest day of the year so far. Meanwhile, on Saturday, temperatures peaked at 26C in Herstmonceux, East Sussex.The […]

A record heatwave roasting Mexico will surge northwards pushing temperatures in parts of America to ‘danger’ level.Swaths of the United States will boil as a plume of tropical heat thrusts the mercury past the 100F-mark.Central and north-western regions will feel first the lick of the flame before the burner turns southwards later this week.The National Weather Service (NOAA) warns of a ‘moderate’ to ‘major’ risk in parts of Texas and […]