00:00Hello there, a very good morning to you. Welcome to Astronomical Summer, marked today by the summer solstice.
00:06It is quite a hot and humid solstice for some, particularly across parts of Europe where heatwave has been building.
00:12We'll be tapping into that some more so into next week, but high pressure is still in charge across the
00:17UK,
00:17bringing many of us a fine and settled Sunday overall, and most of us should be staying dry as well.
00:23Can't rule out the odd shower, and that is most likely to be across parts of northeastern England,
00:28where we start to see the cloud building throughout the day, maybe even a touch of fog lingering along some
00:33north sea coasts.
00:34Elsewhere, a generally fine bright day, not wall-to-wall sunshine everywhere.
00:38You will notice these areas of cloud drifting through that will make the sunshine hazy in places,
00:42but despite that cloud, UV levels are still going to be high right across the UK,
00:47because the summer solstice also marks where the sunshine is at its strongest in the year.
00:51Temperatures across Scotland and Northern Ireland today are around 18 to 21 degrees Celsius,
00:55but a little bit more stuffy down towards the southeast, highs of 30 or 31 degrees Celsius.
01:01As we head into this evening and overnight, our cloud across northeastern England will continue its journey northward,
01:07spreading into eastern parts of Scotland, actually turning quite murky in places here,
01:12and there'll be further cloud drifting in from the northwest as Atlantic pressure systems try and rush their way past
01:17the UK as well.
01:18The best of the clear spells overnight for parts of Wales, Central and Southern England.
01:22For most places, though, it is going to be a muggier night to come, particularly in the south,
01:26where temperatures could be holding up around 19 degrees Celsius.
01:29Quite tricky for sleeping in places, and even in the north, where we've been dipping into single figures lately,
01:35the increased amounts of cloud around tonight will mean that most places hold up in double digits to start off
01:40Monday morning.
01:41And it is going to be a cloudy day overall on Monday across northern regions of the UK.
01:46A little brightness around at times, but we could see some showery outbreaks of rain moving in from the west
01:52into the south as well.
01:53Whilst there'll be some sunshine in the morning, we could see some showers,
01:56maybe even some thunderstorms progressing into here later on in the day.
02:00The amount of showers and cloud that we do see around will limit how high our temperatures do climb into
02:06the day,
02:06but still highs of 31 or 32 degrees Celsius are possible.
02:10That's 30 marks spreading a little bit further inland into parts of the central Midlands region as well.
02:15Highs of 22 to 21 degrees Celsius still for Scotland and Northern Ireland,
02:19but most of us will see that humidity rising as we head throughout the week,
02:24and that will be a noticeable impact as we do head further down the line.
02:28It's particularly across central southern regions where we have an extreme heat warning,
02:32an amber extreme heat warning issued where we could see quite widely amongst the population some heat-related impacts.
02:38Throughout the week, temperatures climbing towards the mid-30s in places, that is quite exceptional for June.
02:44Our highest recorded temperature in June at the moment is 35.6 degrees Celsius,
02:50which was seen in the now infamous 1976 heat wave.
02:53So to be climbing right back up towards those values is very much not typical of what we would expect
02:59in a usual summer.
03:01So do take care throughout this forthcoming week.
03:04I'm sure many of us will be wanting to get outside and enjoying some of this heat,
03:07but it certainly is worth taking care as we could see some impacts around.
03:12Water safety as well is going to be paramount if you are by the coast or other water bodies inland
03:16as well,
03:17and do follow the safety advice of relative authorities in order to avoid the cold water shock
03:22when you are heading into any water areas.
03:25We'll have plenty more updates on how high those temperatures could be climbing throughout the week,
03:29so do stay tuned to our social media channels and the YouTube channel here as well,
03:34and we'll see you again very soon. Bye-bye.
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