From June 17 to July 1, the Met Office weather experts predicts things country-wide will take a rather grim turn of events and that basically, summer is over already
Britain is set for a pretty miserable summer – and it feels like the few days of heatwave we had last week could be all we get. According to the Met Office’s long-term forces for the rest of the month of June and into July, we’re going to see rain, thunderstorms and strong winds on an almost daily basis.
Although no exact temperatures are given, the experts claim that they will be “near normal overall” for the period of Sunday, June 7 to Tuesday, June 16 before all weather hell breaks loose across the country.
From this Sunday, it states: “Changeable early in this period with Atlantic frontal systems moving across the UK. These will bring showers or longer spells of rain at times, with wettest conditions in the north west, drier in the south east. Strong winds may affect parts of the UK at times, especially the north west.
“Later in the period, higher pressure and more settled conditions may begin to become more prevalent, especially in the south. Temperatures are likely to be near normal overall.”
But then from June 17 to July 1, the Met Office predicts things country-wide will take a rather grim turn of events and that basically, summer is over already.
They state, starting rather positvely: “The start of the period is likely to be relatively settled, with high pressure in the vicinity of the UK bringing drier conditions to most parts of the UK. However some showers or spells of rain are still possible.
“Winds will mostly be light with temperatures probably above normal. Towards the end of June, low pressure may begin to have more of an influence, especially across the south where heavy showers and thunderstorms become more probable. It may also become hot in parts of the south.”
Given the timespan between now and then, it’s worth taking the forecast with a pinch of salt, however, as the Met Office does later explain how long-range weather forecasts change daily and are just an “indication of how the weather might change”.
The add: “ Met Office meteorologists consider output from a range of weather models when writing these forecasts. These models include those from the Met Office as well as models from other global forecasting centres such as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.”
So maybe don’t put away the umbrella just yet . . . or maybe do, because who really knows.
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