Monday, October 03, 2011
England is in the grip of a late September heatwave.
After another poor summer, temperatures have soared to almost 28C (82.4F) and are expected to carry on getting higher over the weekend.
The top temperature seen in England on Wednesday was in Gravesend, Kent, where it reached 27.1C (80.78F).
The Met Office said the hot weather was caused by a high pressure system pushing warm air north across France and towards the UK.
The high pressure is holding rain and wind coming in from the Atlantic away from the west.
Paul Mott, meteorologist for MeteoGroup, the Press Association's weather arm, said the top temperatures would continue over the weekend.
"We are still on for some exceptionally warm weather, temperatures will probably reach 28C (82.4F) over the London area," he said.
"Central and eastern England could reach up to 27C (80.6F), so it is very warm indeed.
"That is a good 10C to 11C (18F to 20F) warmer than what we would expect for this time of year."
Temperatures are expected to remain in the mid to high-20s until next Tuesday.
In Northumberland, a lamb has been born early and a field of about 100 sunflowers have blossomed near Bamburgh castle.
However no records have yet been set, temperatures exceeded 28C (82F) on 21 September 2006 and the all-time high in the month of 30.6C (87F) was achieved in Hampshire in 1895.
Friday, May 20, 2011
A heavy rain with scattered thunderstorms is streamlining off of the Atlantic Ocean and gradually moves towards northward into northern New Jersey. Isolated thunderstorms are also expected Friday and Saturday yet Sunday promises to be sunny with only a 10 percent chance of rain and a high of almost 80 degrees. A chance remains over the next few days for some locally heavy downpours to initiate some flash flooding of roadways and streams.
The threat of showers and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoons, will remain and high temps will reach near and exceed 70ยบ. A few breaks of sunshine will become more possible as well especially on Friday. Saturday will definitely see a return to at least partial sunshine, however, there is still probably going to be afternoon scattered showers/T-storms developing with highs in the mid-upper 70s. Hopefully by Sunday we can eliminate the threat of afternoon showers/storms. I'm calling for mostly sunny skies with highs in the mid-upper 70s at this moment.
