to affect parts of the mediterranean. and later on monday, we might actually see one of europe s highest ever temperatures 48 celsius possible to the southwest of catania. now, the significance of that is the all time european record currently stands at 48.8, so we ll be very, very close to that. on sunday, though, here in the uk, it was a very wet day across central portions of the uk. we have 91 millimetres of rainfall in preston, three and a half inches that s about a month s worth. these figures only go up to saturday, but even at that stage, there were a number of places that were getting close to double the july average rainfall. 0ur weather pattern, then, is a bit stuck at the moment, and it was this weather from the kind of rained off the cricket in greater manchester. the front itself is starting to push its way southwards, so the rain is going to eventually swing across wales, into the midlands and parts of east anglia, with the skies clearing behind. now for scotland, no
hello there. the full uk forecast in a moment but first of all, the extreme heat continues to affect parts of the mediterranean. and later on monday, we might actually see one of europe s highest ever temperatures 48 celsius possible to the southwest of catania. now, the significance of that is the all time european record currently stands at 48.8, so we ll be very, very close to that. on sunday, though, here in the uk, it was a very wet day across central portions of the uk. we have 91 millimetres of rainfall in preston, three and a half inches that s about a month s worth. these figures only go up to saturday, but even at that stage, there were a number of places that were getting close to double the july average rainfall. our weather pattern, then, is a bit stuck at the moment, and it was this weather from the kind of rained off the cricket in greater manchester. the front itself is starting to push its way southwards, so the rain is going to eventually swing across wales, int
will soon rise, at least for england and wales as we see sunshine quite widely to start the day on friday. further north west, though, for scotland and for northern ireland, cloud will quickly thicken and we are looking at outbreaks of rain starting to move in here through the course of the afternoon, so it will be turning quite damp here and temperatures still struggling, really 15,16,17 degrees or so. even towards the south east, 21, that s two or three degrees below the average for this time of the year in london. now, looking at the big jet stream pattern for this weekend, the uk, like it s done for quite a long time now, finds a trough to the west, and that s going to be bringing us low pressures. this ridge of high pressure has been responsible for the extreme heat in europe and if anything, that ridge is just moving a little bit further eastwards. so, as the temperatures ease across the central mediterranean, temperatures are set to soar into parts of greece. and i think, typi
sicily and sardinia today. the height of this heatwave that the scene live from greece. more on that here in just a scene live from greece. more on that here injust a moment. hello. i thought we would start off with the extreme heat wave that is across southern europe at the moment. and sardinia they are likely to see temperatures hit about 46 celsius in the hottest areas this afternoon. the record temperature he is 47.2, not far away from that. similar temperatures are expected in sicily, about 46 degrees and the all time record is also europe s record, 48.8. talking about extreme heat, it was exactly a year ago the uk smashed its temperature record 48.3 record in the linkage. no chance of that this afternoon, cloudy skies, cool conditions and showers in the forecast. through the afternoon showers will be extensive
hello. before a uk forecast, we will take a look at their extreme heat we still have across central regions of europe. yesterday we saw 46 in sardinia and sicily. similar kind of temperatures today. the all time record for sardinia is 47.2 set back in 1957. the all time record for sicily is 48.8 and that is your s highest temperature ever. talking about extreme heat, it was a year ago today that we recorded the uk s highest ever temperature, 40.3 in lincolnshire. no chance of a. plenty of showers around and quite cloudy conditions. through the rest of the afternoon, the showers are quite