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Tuesday 31st August - High pressure to return?
In summary, SE'lies or SSE'lies will cover the UK for the end of the weekend, with a high to the NE and a low to the west. It's likely that the low will move slowly ESE'wards, with an increasing risk of rain spreading from the south into next week.
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UK to USA 2010 
Another storm chasing season has finished
All of our UK chasing teams are now back from the US and have captured some amazing storms, tornadoes, lightning and hail, not to mention rain.
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http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=45
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NEWS: June 2010 UK retrospective
June was another dry month with well above average temperatures & good sunshine amounts for most.
Mean temperatures were1.5C degrees above the CET overall, though this masked a very warm start in the first week and a warm end in the SE too, when minimum temperatures reached near record high values along with some hot days. There have only been five warmer Junes in the past half century. After a dry start there was a wet period in the east and SE which meant that East Anglia saw near average rainfall despite the dryness of the rest of the month. By week two it became more or less dry and rather sunny everywhere away from some spots in the far north west during the last week. Rainfall was generally around 65% again across England and Wales but as low as 35% across much of northwest England & Western & Northern Scotland. Sunshine was around 130% overall but as high as 150% in SW England and parts of South Wales.
Not a great start for many though as June 1st was a chilly wet day with low pressure moving across southern parts and many places didn't rise above 11C all day, eg Manston, Little Rissington, Sennybridge etc. On the 3rd Santon Downham in Norfolk fell to 1.9C. Some very warm weather saw Howden (Yorks) reach 28.5C on the 5th. However, as low pressure moved across the south, showers and thunderstorms developed in places late on the 5th and through the 6th giving some heavy downpours. In Scotland Threave (Kircudbright) reported 36mm in a 24 hour period and Marham (Norfolk) 29.0mm. Flash flooding was reported in places in Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire but nothing too serious. On June 8th there were further thundery downpours in places and Cardinham nr Bodmin (Cornwall) reported 52mm in a 36 hour period to 18Z with an unofficial report from an observer in the Brecon Beacons of 55mm in the 24 hours to 18Z, the 10th saw 44mm of rainfall at Manston (Kent), the 11th saw a slow moving thundery front moving north across southern parts overnight and it brought some heavy rain into the far south coastal counties of West & East Sussex. Generally 25-30mm fell in a 2 hour period from 0500-0700 but it seems locally that up to twice that may have fallen; some unofficial readings suggest Seaford recorded 49mm, with Polegate & Portslade about 42mm. Seaford Road in Newhaven was blocked after a mini bus got stuck in 3ft of water and flooding also caused problems on parts of the A259 in Worthing, Bexhill, Storrington and Chichester. There was minor flash flooding across much of the Brighton & Hove area. June 17th saw a chilly night . Benson (Oxon), Pershore (Gloucs), Marham (Norfolk) and Church Lawford (Salops) all fell to -1C down on the grass. On the 20th the lowest temperature of the month was reported of -0.1°C at Carter Bar (Roxburghshire). The last week though was very warm in many places. June 22nd saw 28.4C at Howden (Yorks) and on June 27th Gravesend reported the month’s highest figure of 30.9C. The dry weather was becoming an issue in parts of the NW in particular, where reservoir levels were dwindling with a threat of hosepipe bans . On the 29th fronts moved across the west and thunderstorms developed across parts of Wales overnight. 3,000 homes were without power in north Wales in the Anglesey and Gwynedd areas. Lightning also caused gorse fires too; firefighters tackled a gorse fire covering 2,000 sq metres near Llandudno. Further east the hottest spot was Heathrow Airport , with 28.6C reached later in the day.
Soil temperatures were near average generally, though later rather above especially in the northwest. Sea temperatures remained rather above average around most parts of the UK, though near average in the Irish Sea and around the Northern Isles.
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