Britain have basked in a collapse of summerlike conditions this year as temperatures have surged beyond the annual average- and they may quickly break records. Forecasters say Thursday may be Britain’s warmest May 1, with highs expected to reach 84.2F ( 29C ).
The temperature has been driven by two important factors: a huge area of high stress that has settled over Britain, causing descending heat that warms as it sinks, and constant sunshine, fuelling nighttime heating.
Aidan McGivern, a scientist at the Met Office, explained that this has been a common pattern over the last few decades. ” The moon this time of the year is as powerful as it is in Aug”, he said. ” We’re never importing this heat from anywhere else- this is domestic warmth”. London recorded Britain’s highest temperatures of the year on Monday, just for that to be beaten on Tuesday.
The metal is expected to rise farther on Wednesday and Thursday. Nighttime temperatures have been above ordinary also, with parts of Scotland experiencing their warmest April evening on record.
The top of the steam is expected on Thursday. Conditions in southern England was reach 29C, which would be a report for May 1. The recent report was set in 1990 in Lossiemouth, Scotland, which hit 27.4C. If temperatures rise a little higher, it could also be the earliest time in the year that Britain has hit 30C, based on Met Office files going up to 1860. Typical highs for Britain in late April are around 54F ( 12 ) in northern areas and 61F ( 16 ) in the south. nyt
