Yesterday. Those are temperatures you see in late may or earlyjune so very unusual for february. Since then we had a cold front working and that this area of cloud here bringing in light patchy rain to east anglia and south east england. Its bringing fresh air as well so were not going to see those type of extreme levels of heat across the uk, but rather weve got the very high temperatures across europe. On this chart, the red of the colour is the more unusual those temperatures are and over recent days weve seen are and over recent days weve seen a number of new city records are set for february so its been really very unusual. Today, weve got some sunshine to come for most of us. 1012 c. It sunshine to come for most of us. 10 12 c. It should be about 12 in london and cardiff this afternoon. We have she was showers around particularly Northern Ireland and North Western scotland. Overnight tonight pressure is going to Start Building so we get clear skies for many of us overnight tonigh
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