Storm henk in this critical out as a system bringing rain in the south right now but watch the jet stream to the next few days. the pattern, the shape of that jet stream to the next few days. the pattern, the shape of thatjet stream will change and it goes a long way north of our shores we develop what we call eight blocks weather pattern. what does that mean? it means i pressure will build across the uk and will keep all the systems at bay and will keep all the systems at bay and there is something much drier on its weight, but with that something much colder as we head to the weekend and into the start of next week. but i suspect for those places so badly if that by flooding, a little bit of cold weather is a small price to pay for something much, much drier. {lilia small price to pay for something much, much drier. small price to pay for something much, much drier. ok, ben, thank ou. more now on the situation in the uk, where prime minister rishi sunak has said his working assumption is that a general election will be held in the second half of this year. his comment follows speculation that he may be preparing to call an early vote in the coming months. i m joined now by david linden, who is an mp for the scottish national party. welcome to you. good to see you. we ve also heard from the labour party today with sir keir starmer
Hello. well, it has been quite warm in the last few days, but nothing compared to what s been happening south of the english channel in france and spain. temperatures recently hit 44 celsius. and for france, a record for august. this is the anomaly map, so the orange colours show temperatures higher than average, the blue colours lower than average. but watch what happens when thatjet stream takes a dip. this trough develops and pushes the heat further towards the east of europe, and the temperatures tend to ease somewhat anyway. and we have cooler weather on the way over the next few days for our neck of the woods. in fact, right now, you can see the jet streams right over us, clouds circling, an area of low pressure bringing some showers. there could be some thunderstorms early in the morning. but with low pressure in charge and these northerly winds riding around this western flank of the low, the temperatures are set to drop by a few degrees by the time we get to friday and certainly the weekend. so the outlook is things
Hello. well, it has been quite warm in the last few days, but nothing compared to what s been happening south of the english channel in france and spain. temperatures recently hit 44 celsius. and for france, a record for august. this is the anomaly map, so the orange colours show temperatures higher than average, the blue colours lower than average. but watch what happens when thatjet stream takes a dip. this trough develops and pushes the heat further towards the east of europe, and the temperatures tend to ease somewhat anyway. and we have cooler weather on the way over the next few days for our neck of the woods. in fact, right now, you can see the jet streams right over us, clouds circling, an area of low pressure bringing some showers. there could be some thunderstorms early in the morning. but with low pressure in charge and these northerly winds
Georgia, have started to appear. stay with us. good evening. well, it s been a day of sunshine and a few showers around, and the weather won t be changing in a hurry over the next couple of days. so a bit more of the same tomorrow, some sunshine around warm sunshine in the south, and a few showers mostly towards the north and the west, too. now, here is the position of thejet stream at the moment it s curling around in the atlantic and heading its way through central parts of the uk. to the north of thatjet stream, slightly cooler and more breezy conditions, whereas further south, we ve got that warmer air affecting southern parts of the uk but certainly affecting much of central and southern europe, with that hot air drifting in from the south. we have got red alerts for those high temperatures, really from parts of portugal, spain, through southern france, northern italy, towards croatia, as well. so intense heat wave through the middle of the week, still ongoing for southern parts of europe. but closer to home, here is the satellite and the radar from a little bit earlier on you can see we ve had some showers for northern ireland and scotland,
Arm the ukrainians? interesting news on that today. stay with us. good evening. well, it s been a day of sunshine and a few showers around, and the weather won t be changing in a hurry over the next couple of days. so a bit more of the same tomorrow, some sunshine around warm sunshine in the south, and a few showers mostly towards the north and the west, too. now, here is the position of thejet stream at the moment it s curling around in the atlantic and heading its way through central parts of the uk. to the north of thatjet stream, slightly cooler and more breezy conditions, whereas further south, we ve got that warmer air affecting southern parts of the uk but certainly affecting much of central and southern europe, with that hot air drifting in from the south. we have got red alerts for those high temperatures, really from parts of portugal, spain, through southern france, northern italy, towards croatia, as well. so intense heat wave through the middle of the week, still ongoing for southern parts of europe. but closer to home,