Weather maps show exact date UK soaked with rain after 34C scorcher | Weather | News
Weather maps show rain is on the way (Image: Getty)
The UK looks set to get wet with rain falling in many parts of the country later this month. weather maps to show. With scorching temperatures expected in the coming days, maps created by WXCharts today show rain moving into parts of southern England, although a top temperature of 34C is possible. Wales and western Scotland from Wednesday 15 July until the following day.
Maps show a band of rain stretching from Aberystwyth to Margate at 6pm on July 15, with the worst outbreaks in South Wales. According to WXCharts, it looks set to rain in the south of England until the following evening, after which England looks set to remain dry.
It’s important to note that this is just a weather model and maps may change depending on how far ahead they are.
This map shows rain in the south of the UK at 18:00 on 15 July (Image: WX Charts)
This map shows rain falling across parts of southern and western Scotland at midnight on 16 July (Image: WX Charts)
The Met Office’s long-term forecast, which differs from WXCharts, suggests England and Wales will be “dry and very hot” as high pressure sets in between 10 and 19 July.
However, there is a “continuing chance” of storms moving from France towards the UK, according to the forecaster.
Much of Scotland and Northern Ireland also look set to remain dry and hot; Temperatures are very hot, very hot and even very hot in some parts of the south.
There may be some relief from the heat from July 13, with the Met Office spotting signs the heatwave will ease and “more normal” summer temperatures will prevail.
Netweather’s monthly forecast says July 13-19 shows the potential for “exceptional heat” similar to that seen in southern Britain at the end of June.
This map shows ongoing rain at 6 a.m. on July 16 (Image: WX Charts)
The report states: “The probabilities are that long-term extreme heat is less likely. The heat potential decreases later in the week as the high pressure signal fades and the weather cools from the west, probably towards the end of the week.”
The same forecaster says he expects this period to be drier and sunnier than average for most people, but says rainfall will “likely” be “near normal” in parts of north-west Britain.
On Thursday this week, the mercury is currently expected to top out at 34C before gradually moving lower, but parts of the south will still be in the low 30s at the end of next week, according to the Met Office.
Meanwhile, Southern Water issued a waterspout across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight from 12.01am on July 10. South East Water’s temporary hose ban on Kent residents came into force on Friday, July 3.
A week-long warning from health officials also came into force for parts of England on Saturday, saying high temperatures in the coming days could cause a greater risk to life for vulnerable people.
The new warning from the UK Health Safety Agency follows a sweltering heatwave at the end of June, with the Met Office issuing a rare red heat warning for parts of the country and the UKHSA also introducing red heat health warnings.
Lingwood in Norfolk, England broke the provisional June temperature record of 37.7C, according to the Met Office. This beat the previous June record of 35.6C in the UK, which dates back to 1976, by more than 2C.
Such records have often been broken by only a fraction of a degree in the past.
