Overview

• Met Office has issued amber wind warnings for much of Scotland and yellow alerts across northern England, Northern Ireland and parts of Wales from August 4 to 5 as Storm Floris brings gusts of 50–80mph and heavy rain.
• Forecasters expect a changeable pattern with showers and near-average temperatures from August 6 to 8 before the next heat surge begins.
• WXCharts data indicate over 100 consecutive hours of hot weather from 6pm on August 9 to 6am on August 14, with southern England facing highs up to 34°C and the Midlands around 32–33°C.
• A major heatwave is forecast to peak between August 16 and 19, driving temperatures as high as 37°C in Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and North Wales.
• Long-range projections show high pressure dominating into late August to deliver settled, above-average conditions with intermittent hot spells while northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland remain below the most intense heat.