No Sign of Summer – Thursday 16th August 2018 – Sunday 19th August 2018

Hi all,
Where has summer gone? Will the heat and sunshine return anytime soon? Only 17 days until Autumn is here.
Thursday:  Any early rain will clear to much brighter skies but breezy and feeling fresher as winds swing to a west-northwesterly. It should be mostly dry with sunny spells and just the odd scattered shower, so all-in-all not a bad day at all. Max 17°C
Friday:  Mostly dry and cloudy with a brisk south-west breeze. Some showery rain late-evening and overnight. Max 17°C
Weekend: Mostly cloudy, muggy and breezy with rain on Sunday.
Saturday: Some sunny spells but again the focus is more on cloudy skies and breezy. Feeling slightly warmer and a bit muggy. Max 19°C
Sunday:  Cloudy with rain at times slowly easing later in the day. Breezy. Max 19°C
Outlook: Very little change until midweek when hopefully (didn’t happen this week), high pressure will build in from the southwest bringing more in the way of sunshine and temperatures just into the 20s but it might only last a few days. The wait for another heatwave and clear blue skies continues. The next one could well be an Indian Summer.

Perhaps high pressure will be more in control towards the end of the month

Author: Jon Baylis