Overview
- The Met Office and regional forecasters say temperatures in the UK should fall toward seasonal averages this weekend as Atlantic frontal systems push cloud and showers across much of the country.
- Forecast maps and meteorologists warn of several days of showers and sporadic thundery downpours concentrated in parts of England and Scotland with 12 counties in the south‑east singled out for heavier Saturday rain.
- Nearly three quarters of England and all of Wales remain in drought and dozens of wildfires continue to burn, so limited or uneven rainfall will not immediately remove pressure on water stocks or firefighting resources.
- UK Health Security Agency officials extended amber heat‑health alerts for multiple English regions because vulnerable people still face health risks during the transition to cooler weather.
- In the United States a strong ridge or 'heat dome' is keeping extreme heat and heat advisories in place for parts of the Southeast and Texas even as cold fronts and lows bring isolated to widespread storms and temporary relief for some areas this weekend.