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The National
12-05-2025
- Climate
- The National
Scotland weather: Ayrshire hotter than California as storms hit England
Lightning strikes, heavy showers and hail lashed areas in central and southern England on Monday afternoon as a yellow thunderstorm warning issued by the Met Office came into force. Meanwhile, Auchincruive in South Ayrshire hit 25.4C making it Scotland's warmest day of 2025 and hotter than Los Angeles in California. READ MORE: Community housing project approved on NC500 to tackle depopulation It surpasses the 24.4C recorded in Aboyne in Aberdeenshire on April 30. Met Office forecaster Ellie Glaisyer said: 'We have seen quite a few thunderstorms breaking out this afternoon, mainly across central and southern parts of England, and then moving their way north-westwards over the past couple of hours into parts of Wales. 'One or two just affecting north-western parts of England as well, we've seen one or two moving out towards into the Irish Sea as well.' Radar imagery shows 40mm to 50mm of rain has fallen in an hour in parts of England, Glaisyer said. She went on: 'We've seen reports of hail, plenty of lightning strikes as well, all within that warning area.' The thunderstorm warning is in place until 10pm and heavy showers will push into north-west England and parts of Wales, the Met Office said. The showers are expected to ease overnight, but there will be some rain and thunder across southern England on Tuesday, forecasters say. Temperatures were warm on Monday afternoon, with Blackpool hitting 27.4C. Will thunderstorms hit Scotland? It is unlikely as from Tuesday onwards, the weather is forecast to turn more settled, with highs of low to mid 20s. Warmer weather is predicted across the Central Belt and the west coast after dry weather and warmer temperatures led to a spate of wildfires across the country.
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Snow forecast to see out weekend in parts of Scotland
Rain and snow are expected to continue throughout the weekend before temperatures start to rise again next week. Parts of East Anglia were hit with snow on Saturday, with 2cm in Norfolk and 1cm in Suffolk. According to the Met Office, parts of the UK could continue to see snowfall throughout Sunday evening and into Monday. Meteorologist Ellie Glaisyer said: 'Over the weekend so far we've seen a couple of centimetres in the east. 'Going forward, we could see between 1cm and 3cm in parts of Scotland above 100m and the same in the north of the UK Monday into Tuesday. A dull day across England and Wales with occasional glimmers of sunshine 🌥️ Damp across Northern Ireland and breezy ☔ A few wintry showers for eastern Scotland, brighter in the west 🌤️ — Met Office (@metoffice) February 16, 2025 'In the highest areas, above 300m, Scotland could see up to 20cm.' But temperatures could rise to 13C or 14C by the middle of the week, with sunshine in a number of areas on Monday, Ms Glaisyer added. It comes after much of the UK has seen 'anticyclonic gloom' over the past week, causing dull skies, with some areas not having seen the sun in more than a week. The predicted temperatures of 14C by the middle of the week are well above February's average, with 6C the usual monthly average in Scotland and 9C in southern England, which will be a 'noticeable shift' after the last fortnight which was below average, Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey previously said. But it is not likely to be record-breaking, as February's highest temperature was 21.2C recorded in 2019 in Kew Gardens, he added. More western areas are likely to see some rain during the week, while eastern areas are forecast to stay drier. Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said he does not expect any national records to be broken, but some areas could go 10 days without any sunshine, which is 'near record-breaking'. Mr Morgan said: 'We've basically got this battleground taking place over this weekend between cold air across Scandinavia and central Europe, which is affecting eastern parts of the UK, but towards the west is a little bit milder. 'The Atlantic is trying to shift that cold air out of the way, pushing from west to east across the UK, but it's a very slow process and it will take until the middle of the coming week for conditions to turn much milder nationwide.' He explained the gloom 'dominating' the UK over the last two weeks has been caused by a 'large anticyclone', or high-pressure system, which has been sitting over Scandinavia, bringing cold wind from the east. 'Those cold conditions have picked up a lot of moisture across the Baltic and North seas, and those moist conditions have led to a lot of clouds,' he added. 'That's why we haven't seen much in the way of sunshine in most of the UK recently.'
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Rain and snow forecast to see out weekend but temperatures due to rise next week
Rain and snow are expected to continue throughout the weekend before temperatures start to rise again next week. Parts of East Anglia were hit with snow on Saturday, with 2cm in Norfolk and 1cm in Suffolk. According to the Met Office, parts of the UK could continue to see snowfall throughout Sunday evening and into Monday. Meteorologist Ellie Glaisyer said: 'Over the weekend so far we've seen a couple of centimetres in the east. 'Going forward, we could see between 1cm and 3cm in parts of Scotland above 100m and the same in the north of the UK Monday into Tuesday. 'In the highest areas, above 300m, Scotland could see up to 20cm.' But temperatures could rise to 13C or 14C by the middle of the week, with sunshine in a number of areas on Monday, Ms Glaisyer added. It comes after much of the UK has seen 'anticyclonic gloom' over the past week, causing dull skies, with some areas not having seen the sun in more than a week. The predicted temperatures of 14C by the middle of the week are well above February's average, with 6C the usual monthly average in Scotland and 9C in southern England, which will be a 'noticeable shift' after the last fortnight which was below average, Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey previously said. But it is not likely to be record-breaking, as February's highest temperature was 21.2C recorded in 2019 in Kew Gardens, he added. More western areas are likely to see some rain during the week, while eastern areas are forecast to stay drier. A dull day across England and Wales with occasional glimmers of sunshine 🌥️ Damp across Northern Ireland and breezy ☔ A few wintry showers for eastern Scotland, brighter in the west 🌤️ — Met Office (@metoffice) February 16, 2025 Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said he does not expect any national records to be broken, but some areas could go 10 days without any sunshine, which is 'near record-breaking'. Mr Morgan said: 'We've basically got this battleground taking place over this weekend between cold air across Scandinavia and central Europe, which is affecting eastern parts of the UK, but towards the west is a little bit milder. 'The Atlantic is trying to shift that cold air out of the way, pushing from west to east across the UK, but it's a very slow process and it will take until the middle of the coming week for conditions to turn much milder nationwide.' He explained the gloom 'dominating' the UK over the last two weeks has been caused by a 'large anticyclone', or high-pressure system, which has been sitting over Scandinavia, bringing cold wind from the east. 'Those cold conditions have picked up a lot of moisture across the Baltic and North seas, and those moist conditions have led to a lot of clouds,' he added. 'That's why we haven't seen much in the way of sunshine in most of the UK recently.'
