Six-week Scorcher Set to Hit Britain

OneEightSeven

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/six-week-scorcher-set-hit-britain-135040526.html#QNSzX4C

Get your sunblock at the ready, the UK is set for a six-week heatwave, according to the Met Office's latest report.

Following the wettest winter on record, our summer is coming earlier than normal with temperatures expected to soar above 20 degrees for the second half of April and May.

The report reads: "Latest predictions for UK-mean temperature favour above-average temperatures for April and April-May-June as a whole."
Tim Thorne, from the Met Office, added: "The Met Office three-month outlooks are experimental and form part of our research and development.
"It provides an indication of possible temperature and rainfall conditions over the next three months for the UK as a whole."

The Met Office said the UK record for May high temperatures is 91F (32.8C) recorded in London, Kent and West Sussex, in 1922 and 1944.
Jonathan Powell, forecaster for Vantage Weather Services, said next month, however, could break all records with weeks of sunshine across the country.

He said: "May is looking absolutely fantastic with a strong possibility we could see records broken in terms of temperature and sunshine."
"Through the summer there is a distinct possibility of seeing dramatic spikes in temperature lasting right through the season, with cooler spells either side.

It comes amid warnings from Met Office scientists that deadly heatwaves like the one that swept Europe in 2003, will be the norm by 2040.
But Prof Stephen Belcher, head of the Met Office's Hadley Centre said warmer summer temperatures will also be accompanied by heavier downpours as warm air holds more moisture.

He added: "There is evidence that in the UK we are seeing more heavy rainfall."

Cee-Jay-Cee

I hope a little of it stretches over this far.

Celly Smunt

Rain wall activated.

rainbow kirby

Woohoo!

Elmer Blooker

Interesting. They couldn't predict the wettest winter in 250 years (in UK) but are now predicting above average temps for May/June.
I hope they're wrong, May heatwaves are always followed by poor summers.
Edit: Perhaps not always but generally. 1922 and 44 were bad summers, 1985 saw some high temperatures but turned out to be as bad if not worse than anything between 2007-12 and I seem to remember long dry spells before those wet summers.
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/british_weather_in_may.htm

Graces7

just a leeeeeeeeeeeeeetle sunshine....

no one has mentioned the water shortages there will be

any word from the donegal postman recently?

Aerohead

Looks like its not going to happen now and there could be snow around Easter

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/373752/Sorry-folks-you-ll-have-to-wait-for-the-sun-Damp-weather-forecast-for-Easter

AllGunsBlazing

Tbh that week of hot weather we got last july was more than I could tolerate, nevermind a full on heatwave. Give me mild weather with clear skies and pleasant temperatures no higher than 19 or 20 degrees. And a nice cool breeze, as well.

Lovely.

Harps

We've already had 6 weeks of great weather this Spring in England, temps in the high teens most days since early March and hardly any rain. As long as we're not using up our quota of sunshine too early then long may it last

Gonzo

if this hot and sunny weather turns out to be true for England and Wales at least, it only means 3 things for Ireland! cool, wet and breezy.

pauldry

yep gonzo.

a mild moist Southwesterly though will see temperatures in the Southeast be pleasant but Northwest 14c and drizzle every day if Eng gets 30c

Still wer due heat the highest so far this year is only 17.1c in Belmullet on April Fools Day and it was 14 or 15 everywhere else.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Graces7 wrote: »

just a leeeeeeeeeeeeeetle sunshine....

no one has mentioned the water shortages there will be

any word from the donegal postman recently?

I think he has finally learned to shut up as he generally gets it wrong. People up here in donegal are sick listening to his BS year in year out, thankfully this year so far he hasn't come out with any predictions.

Gonzo

pauldry wrote: »

yep gonzo.

a mild moist Southwesterly though will see temperatures in the Southeast be pleasant but Northwest 14c and drizzle every day if Eng gets 30c

Still wer due heat the highest so far this year is only 17.1c in Belmullet on April Fools Day and it was 14 or 15 everywhere else.

while winter was mild, often very mild, this spring has been cool, feeling very cold at times over past 4 weeks with temperatures struggling to hit double digits, not sure I've seen temperatures higher than 13C yet this year.

skelligs

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

Interesting. They couldn't predict the wettest winter in 250 years (in UK) but are now predicting above average temps for May/June.
I hope they're wrong, May heatwaves are always followed by poor summers.
Edit: Perhaps not always but generally. 1922 and 44 were bad summers, 1985 saw some high temperatures but turned out to be as bad if not worse than anything between 2007-12 and I seem to remember long dry spells before those wet summers.
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/british_weather_in_may.htm

They gave very accurate details of wet weather in December, January & February. The only person who got it totally wrong was some New Zealander who shouts from the rooftops when he gets it right (once in a blue moon).

What is currently being said is the general immediate trend will be drier / sunnier than normal until the trend beaks down. This does not say every day will be dry warm and sunny.

Same with the winter wet conditions in the southwest of UK - They did say in December, January and into February there would be continuous atlantic storms for the forecast foreseeable future (up to 4 weeks). That means they were very very accurate. They are now saying that that the foreseeable trend is a drying trend with above normal temps and above normal sunshine.

Remember to read the Met service reports NOT the daily mail or other tabloid BS that is dressed up full of crap.

mike65

OneEightSeven wrote: »

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/six-week-scorcher-set-hit-britain-135040526.html#QNSzX4C

Jonathan Powell, forecaster for Vantage Weather Services

This man is an utter fraud and nothing he says should be believed - including whther its raining or not at any given moment.

Whole article is BS.

Hooter23

skelligs wrote: »

They gave very accurate details of wet weather in December, January & February. The only person who got it totally wrong was some New Zealander who shouts from the rooftops when he gets it right (once in a blue moon).

What is currently being said is the general immediate trend will be drier / sunnier than normal until the trend beaks down. This does not say every day will be dry warm and sunny.

Same with the winter wet conditions in the southwest of UK - They did say in December, January and into February there would be continuous atlantic storms for the forecast foreseeable future (up to 4 weeks). That means they were very very accurate. They are now saying that that the foreseeable trend is a drying trend with above normal temps and above normal sunshine.

Remember to read the Met service reports NOT the daily mail or other tabloid BS that is dressed up full of crap.

Before the floods councils in the UK were told to expect a drier than normal winter by the Met Office.

The Daily mail was the one warning of continuous storms and everybody laughed but this time for once they were more accurate than the Met Office:
The Met Office only start saying there will be continuous storm well into that stormy period where as the tabloids were warning before it all even started I know the tabloids are usually B.S but for once they were pretty accurate......

Outkast_IRE

Hooter23 wrote: »

I know the tabloids are usually B.S but for once they were pretty accurate......

So your saying they guessed right this time ?
Its the usual case everybody forgets when they are wrong but that one time they are right we never forget.

Elmer Blooker

Hooter23 wrote: »

Before the floods councils in the UK were told to expect a drier than normal winter by the Met Office.

The Daily mail was the one warning of continuous storms and everybody laughed but this time for once they were more accurate than the Met Office:
The Met Office only start saying there will be continuous storm well into that stormy period where as the tabloids were warning before it all even started I know the tabloids are usually B.S but for once they were pretty accurate......

No one predicted the very wet and very stormy winter - end of story!
If the tabloids were correct we would be buried under ice as thick as the Greenland ice sheet by now.

Hooter23

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

If the tabloids were correct we would be buried under ice as thick as the Greenland ice sheet by now.

Probably:p

snaps

That heatwave is supposed to be coming here now from the weekend (eastern Europe) currently though its snowing here and 2c.
Your high pressure is dragging cold air down from the arctic to us currently.
The weather has been fairly warm and sunny the last few weeks, even got quite tanned here whilst working the land.