When Will It Be Hot Again As Snow Forecast In Parts Of UK
This year’s spring was the warmest and sunniest on record, the BBC suggests. The hot, dry spell ended just in time for some early summer showers, though.
That may be welcome news for gardeners and farmers, for whom worries of drought this summer began to feel very legitimate.
But many others will be looking at their calendar, spotting the news that snow has been forecast in some parts of the UK, and thinking – “Wait, when will it get summer-y again?”.
In some ways, I’m doomed to disappoint: The Met Office points out that no exact date can be given.
Still, here’s what we know so far.
There’s been a shift in the weather thanks to the jet stream
The BBC reports that a very quick-moving wind high in our atmosphere (called the jet stream) is responsible for the upcoming thunderstorm predictions.
This might bring rainy, unsettled weather from the Atlantic, leading to potential showers which might be thundery and intense.
On Wednesday, 3 June, these could be particularly strong in England and Wales at night, continuing into Thursday, 4 June.
Meanwhile, the Met Office says that the “shift to wetter and windier weather on Tuesday and into Wednesday” could lead to a “mixture of snow and rain over the high ground of Scotland over the next couple of days.”
They caveat the news by stating that this is not “unheard” of, even in June, in those areas, and that the vast majority of the UK will escape snow.
Still, expected temperatures range from 10°C in the most northerly parts of Scotland to 19C in south-east England this week, below the average June temps of roughly 15°C to 20°C.
So... when should we expect the hot weather to return this June?
More bad news for sun lovers: The Met predicts mixed, changeable weather all throughout the first half of the month.
The westerly wind blowing in the drizzle and occasional storms that may be on the menu this week is to blame for the mercurial, patchy-showers pattern the experts think might come into play.
Any warmer spells are more likely to happen in the South-East of the UK.
“Settled and long-lasting warmer weather [is] more likely later in June, and more likely further south and east,” they continue.
Sigh...