The forecast higher temperatures are down to a weak ridge of high pressure that will build over the south of the UK. In the warmest areas, temperatures are expected to reach 23C on Thursday, climbing to 25C on Friday and 26C on Saturday. Is this a heatwave? To officially classify as one, temperatures must exceed...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Sandra Anderson didn’t think the storm would be too bad. When her grandchildren asked if the dogs should be brought in, Anderson demurred, saying they’d be fine. But later that night, an alert on her phone warned her of a tornado...
The dry and sunny weather during spring has been due to the presence of areas of high pressure close to the UK. We have often had a blocked weather pattern, something which may become more frequent due to climate change. Rain and thunderstorms on Monday will then die out and next week another area of...
Emily Wood BBC News, Devon BBC Dr Catherine Ross from the Met Office in Exeter has researched how the weather forecast was shared during World War Two With the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, daily weather forecasts, which had been broadcast on the BBC since 1923, had to stop. The forecasts put together...
Very warm, even hot weather will be felt right across the UK on Wednesday with temperatures widely in the low to mid-twenties. The hottest weather will be in south-east England where the thermometer is expected to reach 27C and it will become the warmest spell of April weather for seven years. And with around 26C...
Some changes will start to take place by the end of this week as cooler air begins to move down from the north. A few showers are expected, perhaps even with isolated thundery downpours in southern areas, as the warm weather breaks down. However, high pressure should still be fairly close by for the bank...
However, as sunny skies develop more widely, the combination of strong sunshine and light winds will help temperatures to peak on either Wednesday or Thursday, and be the highest of the year so far in each of the four nations. 23C is the expected high in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, 25C in Wales...
Helen Briggs Environment correspondent, BBC News•@hbriggs Getty Images The swallow is a common summer visitor, arriving in April and leaving in October With what’s being called a mini-heatwave looming for the UK, it’s not just humans looking forward to warmer weather. The warm spell is expected to give a temporary boost to nature as migratory...
Retail sales rose for the third month in a row in March as warmer weather helped boost demand for items such as clothing and DIY goods. Sales volumes climbed 0.4% last month, the Office for National Statistics said, with the sunshine helping a variety of sectors. However, the ONS said it was another poor month...
Eliud Kipchoge, who became the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours in 2019 and is widely regarded as the greatest distance runner in history, returns to the London Marathon for the first time since 2020. The record four-time winner is joined in the elite men’s race by defending champion Munyao and...
Leicestershire head coach, Alfonso Thomas, said: “We’ve done some really good things in this game. There’s always room for improvement, but I’m just so proud of the guys for how they’ve gone about things. “To a man, everybody in this team does his job and that to me is the sign of a really strong...
Heavy rain forecast across Devon and Cornwall has led to a 19-hour weather warning being issued. The Met Office said the warning would be in place from 14:00 BST on Friday until 09:00 on Saturday as a “prolonged spell of rain” moved across the two counties. It said up to 75mm (2.95 inches) of rain...
Computer weather models have been struggling to make up their minds about the prospects for the Easter weekend. At the moment it looks like low pressure will approach from the west on Good Friday bringing outbreaks of heavy rain, especially in western parts. However, it is possible that some eastern areas may stay largely dry....
Over the weekend, high pressure will pull away towards the east. This will allow weather fronts to approach from the west. By Saturday morning, there will be cloud and outbreaks of rain across the far south-west of England. This rain will then move north-eastwards across Wales, Northern Ireland and into north-west England through the afternoon....
This weekend,12–13 April, Exeter Quay hosts two engaging workshops as part of Pile Up! Worlds of Stuff, Art Work Exeter’s spring programme at Exeter Custom House.​ On Saturday, 12 April, Storm Machine 1 runs from 11am–1pm and 1.30pm–3.30pm.  Artists Louise Ashcroft and Farmer Glitch lead participants in creating sound instruments inspired by waste and weather....