There's a distinctly muggy feel to the weather across many parts of Britain and Ireland at the moment, but more especially towards the south and east where some warm continental air has spread up from the south. It is somewhat cooler towards the north though so if you don't like the humidity head north.
This morning starts off wet across some central and eastern regions of England with an area of thundery rain pushing northwards, some of the rain is torrential in nature and is bringing hazardous travelling conditions and the risk of localised flash flooding. This thundery rain will continue to push north, affecting parts of eastern and north-eastern England before moving out into the North Sea by this afternoon to leave many parts of England and Wales with a rather cloudy and humid day. Some brighter spells will develop by this afternoon which will make it feel very warm with temperatures reaching highs of 23°C to 27°C, but where the sunshine breaks through for any length of time some parts of the southeast could be a degree or two warmer still. For Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland it will be somewhat cooler, especially towards the north and northeast, but there will be plenty of dry weather around with variable amounts of cloud and some sunny intervals.
A mostly dry night follows but mist, low cloud and some hill fog will become more extensive during the course of the night. This mist and low cloud will take a while to burn off tomorrow, and some places could remain rather cloudy which will stop temperatures from rising too much. Otherwise it will be mostly dry with sunny spells and temperatures will pick up into the mid-high twenties towards the south and southeast, but remaining cooler where sea breezes develop and around northern and eastern coasts.
METEOROLOGIST: BARBER
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