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. Southerly winds persisted from the 14th to 18th with a large Scandinavian anticyclone increasingly keeping frontal systems away to the west. The 14th was cloudy in the north with some light rain for the north-west, but dry with some bright or sunny spells for the Midlands and south. The 15th and 16th were

in the night, though this remains uncertain. Southern and eastern parts of the UK will stay dry with some clear intervals. Outlook for Saturday Saturday 28 June will see the cloud and rain in the north and west gradually shifting southeastwards into more central areas. Some showers may follow

and sunny again. The far north and west of Northern Ireland could see some showers, then thickening cloud and some rain or drizzle later. These regions will also be breezier and nearer average temperatures. Central, southern, and eastern parts of the UK will see 24-26°C, with some places reaching 27

in parts of Wales and the west Midlands and a slight chance of 35 Celsius being reached.  Wales could see it's current maximum June temperature of 33.7 Celsius challenged, set in Machynlleth, Powys on 18 June 2000.  With the hot weather lasting for at least three days, heatwave conditions

a continued wet and windy theme for many through the weekend.   “The south will see wet and windy conditions on Saturday, before areas to the north and west, including Northern Ireland, see some more potentially disruptive conditions on Sunday. Weather warnings have been issued but should be checked

the western half of Scotland had a rather dry year. It was a sunnier than average year in many northern and western areas, although the Midlands, south-east England and East Anglia were duller than average. Notable extreme events during the year included wintry weather with snowfalls during January

above mean sea-level. Celtic Sea Prevailing wind direction Princetown (453 metres) Plymouth (50 metres) Dartmoor Teignmouth (3 metres) English Channel Figure 2. Location and altitudes (in metres) of the stations used in the text in South West England. • Rainfall — the distribution of rainfall across

the Midlands and south, with sunshine and scattered blustery showers in the north, the showers mainly in the northwest. It was generally cloudy on the 4th, with some rain in the south-west in the evening. The 5th had sunny intervals and most places were dry, but heavy and locally thundery showers

in the north, with some light rain for the north-west and the north Midlands. 9th to 16th The ridge of high pressure moved further to the south on the 9th and 10th, and the 9th had some rain in the north, although it was sunny in the far south and especially south-west. Northern, central and eastern

, and some flooding. Difficult driving conditions were experienced in Wales, and some sheep had to be rescued in Monmouthshire. In the West Midlands, there were some road closures and water rescues by the fire service. There were delays to trains between Derby and Nottingham, and disruption