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A ‘late-season atmospheric river’ will put a 1,000-mile stretch of the US on flood alert amid warnings for a month-long thunder deluge.The west coast from northern California to Arizona aces flooding and mudslides from inches of rain dumped by a torrential deluge.It will be driven by an atmospheric river–a dense column of moisture from the Pacific carrying up to 15 times as much water as in the mouth of the […]

A ‘dive of cold air’ from the north will plummet temperatures around 10C below normal as parts of Britain brace for snow.Thermometers will nosedive from mid-week after government forecasters bafflingly reveal Britain has had the ‘warmest May and spring on record’.Northerly winds and chilly showers will sweep the nation from Wednesday while wintry showers dust the Highlands of Scotland.Low pressure and an occluded front–the merging of cold and warm air […]

After a reasonably warm weekend to kick off June, Britons have been told to bite their tongues and brace for a colder few weeks before things start heating up again.Thermometers reached the high teens and low 20s across the UK yesterday, with parts of the Cotswolds, South Coast and South East seeing temperatures as high as 23C.But over the coming days and weeks, weather forecasts from the Met Office and […]

Britain is scheduled to see “plenty of warm sunshine” today and tomorrow before a cold snap will send temperatures plummeting to the mid-teens.People across the UK had a nasty shock yesterday as temperatures dropped to single digits in some rural areas overnight on Saturday.Britons can expect a pleasant upturn on Sunday and Monday with temperatures soaring over 20C.Met Office meteorologist, Honor Criswick, said that although it could be cloudier and […]

Britain is facing “excessive heatwaves” this summer, a top weather expert has said with temperatures likely to become “very warm”.The end of May was categorised by a rather cold, wet period and although sunnier days are on the horizon, those colder conditions are likely to persist a while longer according to the Met Office.Social commentator and meteorologist from British Weather Services, Jim Dale, explained that although Britain will experience sultry […]

A ‘split jet stream’ astride a dome of ‘sinking air’ will open the doors to blue summer skies and sunshine.Britain’s weather is about to take a major U-turn as drizzle and showers give way to a blast of warmth.The jet stream will split, sending branches north and south of the UK as high pressure builds in between.High pressure–the driver of summer sunshine–will force dry air groundward, stabilising the atmosphere and […]

The UK is set for a deluge of swirling wind and rain from the Arctic over the next few days, with cold northerly fronts heading south just as summer gets underway.Data from weather mapping service Ventusky shows the polar conditions coming down from the far north - with dour, cold weather and rain set to strike by next week.Ventusky mapping shows spirals of wind and rain circling over the Shetland […]

British tourists are set to face temperatures of almost 40C for the first time this year in the south of Spain and Portugal. Temperatures will be especially intense in the south of Spain such as parts of the Guadalquivir valley, like Córdoba and Seville.The Spanish State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued heat warnings, with the hot weather persisting for a couple of days.Meanwhile, the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and […]

A ‘tropical threat’ in the Caribbean will kick start a ‘hair-raising’ hurricane season amid warnings of a glut of freakishly powerful storms.Unusually warm ocean temperatures with El Nino transitioning to La Nina in the eastern Pacific will provide the perfect ingredients to fuel the assault.Hurricanes this year threaten to be not only more powerful, but more likely to make landfall, experts warn.It comes as a tropical disturbance, as yet unlikely […]