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UK weather: More warnings for torrential rain but get ready for a scorching 30C this weekend
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- Met Office forecasts heavy rain across much of the country today
- But temperatures are set to rise again by Saturday and Sunday, with the sun expected to stay into next week
By Tamara Cohen
PUBLISHED: 10:29 EST, 16 August 2012 | UPDATED: 19:13 EST, 16 August 2012
Many of us have endured yet another wet and stormy week, but the payoff is coming – just in time for the weekend.
Forecasters are predicting glorious sunshine and some of the hottest temperatures of the year, with the mercury reaching 31C (88F) tomorrow.
The whole country is set to enjoy dry, hot weather, putting an end to this week’s rain and gales.
Tomorrow may even be the hottest day of the year so far, exceeding the 31.4C (88.5F) reached in London on July 25.
Braving the waves at stormy Penzance, Cornwall, at high tide yesterday evening...
... but Britain can expect more of this at the weekend as temperatures are set to soar. Above, the scene at Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall last week
Sunday will also be hot, with temperatures reaching 29C (84F) in the south east and close to that elsewhere.
Early indications suggest the dry, warm weather will last into the early part of next week.
This week has seen rain and wind batter the west of England and Wales, because of an unseasonal patch of low pressure.
Yesterday a severe weather warning was in force as an inch of rain fell on northern and western areas, with some surface water flooding on the roads in low lying areas of Devon, Cornwall and Wales.
Eastern areas have had a better week with sunshine and some showers, and temperatures have reached the mid-20s (mid-70s).
Today will see more thundery showers and rain for western areas in the morning, and a risk of showers in the east too, but they should peter out by late afternoon for most.
Storm coming: A strange bank of black cloud, with a swirl heading upwards, swept across the water at Southsea, Hampshire yesterday ahead of heavy rainfall forecast by the Met Office
It will be extremely humid, with
temperatures reaching 28C (82F), and the mercury will keep rising
tomorrow as hot air seeps in from continental Europe.
Met
Office forecaster Charlie Powell said: ‘The south east will see very
hot and humid weather and the rest of the country will also be warm over
the weekend.’
Gemma
Plumb, of Meteogroup, said: ‘There is a small chance of showers on
Sunday in western areas, but the low pressure is on the way out and for
most places it will be dry and very warm.’
Research
revealed yesterday that hay fever sufferers have endured the longest
spell of high pollen counts in two decades, thanks to the wet spring and
topsy turvy summer.
Storms and sunshine: The Met Office has forecast heavy rain today, followed by soaring temperatures
Come rain or shine: The Met Office has warned of heavy storms tomorrow in some parts of the country, but the sun and high temperatures will return fairly swiftly by Saturday
Catching the waves: Surfers and holidaymakers make the most of the waves at Langland Bay near Swansea during a break in the wet weather
BEACH CROWD STOP IN THEIR TRACKS AS GREAT WHITE APPEARS IN SKY
Shark in the sky: Shocked Matt Barnes felt a sense of unease when he spotted a cloud in the shape of a Great White, complete with distinctive eye, fin, and menacing open jaw, at the beach promenade in Hove, Sussex
This was the jaws-dropping moment a cloud in the shape of a great white shark loomed menacingly over a holiday beach.
Walkers along the promenade at Brighton, East Sussex, stopped in their tracks to gaze at the sky and stare at the mass of white cloud that looked uncannily like the killer shark.
Quick-thinking Matt Barnes was able to take a photograph of the incredible sight on his iPhone.
In his picture, the shark’s
distinctive nose and open jaws are apparent, along with a
darker, circular patch representing an eye.
Although the body is perhaps a little fluffy for a shark, it does also bear a dorsal fin.
Matt, 30, said he was stunned by the unusual cloud.
He said: 'I was walking back from the beach with my girlfriend Jackie and our baby son Albie when I spotted the cloud.
'I said: "that’s a funny looking cloud, it looks like a shark". I took a picture of it on my phone and when I looked back at it, I couldn’t believe just how much it looked like Jaws. The head is a dead-ringer.
'The cloud definitely has the head of a great white shark and it looks like it is looming out of the sky and about to attack the beach.'
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