weather

Sunday set to be hottest day of year so far

published by You on 26 June, 2010 - 21:09

Sunday is set to be the hottest day so far this year and temperatures may hit 30C, the BBC weather centre predicts.

The previous high for 2010 was on 24 May, when it reached 28.8C at Heathrow Airport.

The prediction comes as millions are set to watch England play Germany in the World Cup and Glastonbury festival-goers bask in the sun.

"The heat just continues to build and build and Sunday could be its peak," BBC forecaster Dan Corbett said.

The hot weather has been caused by an area of low pressure to the north-west of the UK which is allowing warm air to travel in from southern Europe.
Sunstroke

Bad weather Monday

published by You on 22 March, 2010 - 19:57

Well, today was not the best of weathers we have had.

I got caught standing in a shop door trying to stop the hailstones killing me.

I can categorically state that I did not (consciously) provoke their rage.

And then later on, I saw a rainbow. A passerby noted how it was the brightest rainbow he had seen in years - there was a full arc.

But my phone camera is not too good in showing the bright colours - it washes such things out (like when I took a photo of some traffic lights and instead of neon red and green, they came across as closer to faded out white).

Heavy snow is predicted for Wales

published by You on 27 December, 2009 - 19:59

A warning has been issued that heavy snow is heading for much of Wales as soon as Tuesday.

Forecasters predict that up to 30cm, or a foot, of snow could fall by lunchtime on that day across higher ground in mid and south Wales.

There are also warnings that strong winds could cause it to drift.

Paul Knightley, of MeteoGroup, the Press Association's weather arm, said it was "probably the biggest fall of this cold spell, in Wales".

He said a system moving in from the Atlantic on Monday evening would meet colder air, forming snow.

"Across higher ground in central and south Wales, we can expect to see heavy snow - 20cm to 30cm, or up to a foot, by Tuesday lunchtime, with strong winds pushing it higher in drifts," said Mr Knightley.