Summer really appears to be disappearing before our very eyes, according to new long-term weather forecasts.
While most Brits are feeling colder this week, having basked in a heatwave for the last seven days, it now appears as if earlier claims of thunderstorms heading are way are now set in stone.
According to the long-term forecast created by the experts at Exacta Weather, July is just going to be a wet and miserable horror show, especially towards the latter half.
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Although they do still claim that we are getting some days of more than 30C prior, the end of July makes for some grim reading.
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They state: “Unfortunately, a major and inevitable run of thunderstorms and potential newsworthy flooding events will follow on from this heat event due to a major instability within the atmosphere, particularly in some parts of South West and North West England.
“This is not as definitive at this stage, but some potentially large-scale and damaging hailstones could also develop in places, but particularly more so across parts of southern England, especially in parts of South West and South East and Eastern England.
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“However, temperatures are likely to be well above average for the month as a whole due to the expected hot spell, and rainfall amounts could vary quite vastly across many regions but are more likely to feature at near to slightly above average on average.”
But before that, and despite basking in a mini-heatwave of around 30C in some parts of the country just last week, most of us woke up this week feeling the need to grab a jumper to wear as the mercury plummeted to no higher than 10C.
It is expected to reach a high of just 14C later on, but for now, it’s going to be pretty cold for today and the rest of the week.
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Exacta’s James Madden said: “Throughout the upcoming week, we will see low pressure impacting our weather in terms of some cooler and windy weather, particularly across parts of the north and in Scotland and Ireland for in and around Thursday, where it could even become unusually stormy or feel quite autumnal due to some moderate to strong winds at times.
“Additionally, many other parts will also be seeing some quite cloudy and at least some breezy weather at times throughout this week, among some warmer periods when the sun creeps through in places, and the strength of the sun at this time of the year could still turn things quite warm at times in the best of the sunshine and bring temperatures ranging in the low to mid-20s for parts of the south and east.”
Madden puts the cool weather periods down to a “southern-driven jet stream,” but it will eventually give away to more hotter temperatures – and the much-talked-about heat dome we reported on last week.
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