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as experienced at the end of June/early July.   Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Jason Kelly, said: “High pressure from the Atlantic will lead to a build in temperatures over the coming days, with heatwave criteria reached by the weekend. Whilst temperatures are expected to build day on day, becoming widely hot

southwest during the evening. Winds will be light to moderate for most, though fresh along some western coasts. Temperatures will be near normal or warm in northern areas, and warm to very warm across the south. Central England may see locally hot conditions, with maximum temperatures expected

Very hot conditions will continue across central, eastern and southeastern parts of the England until the end of the week, but the heat will trigger intense thunderstorms in some areas.

into London and also around Bournemouth and Southampton.  Parts of the Midlands have also been very dry. The last day of very widespread rainfall for East Anglia and the south-east was 29 May. Hot weather often brings the risk of showers and thunderstorms and we are expecting of a scattering

prolonged spell of hot and dry weather.” The heat resulted in the Met Office issuing its longest-range Amber warning ever, with a lead time of six days and a subsequent Red warning for extreme heat; the first such one to be issued. UK-wide heat The widespread nature of the heat meant that the average

at many times of the year, even when it's not hot or the sky is cloudy. UV radiation can cause sunburn, skin cancer, and eye damage. Protecting yourself from UV exposure is crucial to prevent these health issues. Protecting Your Eyes UV radiation can damage the eyes, leading to conditions like

percentile being the coolest and the 100th percentile being the warmest in the 1981-2010 climatology. Orange and red shading represent values above the 80th (Warm) and 90th (Hot) percentile, respectively; regions shaded in light and dark blue indicate values below the 20th (Cool) and 10th (Cold

in the table below. Station Date Mintemp (degC) Previous mintemp (degC) Previous date Record length (years) Bradford, West Yorkshire 17-Dec- 2015 11.6 11.5 29-Dec- 1987 108 Hastings, East Sussex 20-Dec- 2015 12.3 11.9 12-Dec- 1994 83 Plymouth, Devon 27-Dec- 2015 12.7 12.5 03-Dec- 1985 83 Heathrow, Greater

The international Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE) initiative and the National Meteorological Library and Archive Dr Rob Allan, International ACRE Initiative Manager, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom Background The international Atmospheric

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and generally cloudy, although it was generally less cold a er the 5th, and there was a fair amount of dry sunny weather in northern Scotland. There was a brief but very marked hot spell from the 18th to the 21st which produced the highest temperatures in April since 1949. Progressively cooler, unsettled