Tropical storm Bill ‘to hit the UK this week’

Forecasters say the remnants of Bill, which has unleashed chaos in the United States, will collide with another stormy system heading to the UK

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by Jessica Anais Rach |
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According to the forecast, Britain faces heavy rain and wind, with temperatures rising to a humid 28C this Thursday.

Chris Burton, forecaster for The Weather Network, says things will warm up from Thursday- but not necessarily in a good way.

He explained: "It will turn cloudier across north-western parts of the country through Wednesday with the risk of some patchy rain.

"As we go into Friday and towards the weekend, the unsettled conditions further north and west look like slowly edging further south and east, bringing the risk of showers to all parts of the country by the weekend.

Thursday's forecast
Thursday's forecast

"Ex-tropical storm Bill could influence the UK's later this week, the remnants of the storm will track across the North Atlantic over the next few days and become absorbed into a large area of low pressure to the west of the UK.

"This will buckle the jet stream, allowing warm south-westerly winds to drag in rather humid air across the country.

"By Wednesday and Thursday, temperatures will get into the mid-20s celsius across parts of England and Wales, with 25-26C possible in places.

"Through Friday and into the weekend there will be an increased risk of showers."

Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes said: "Sadly the odds of June being anything other than cold, wet and miserable are looking pretty long indeed.

"The betting suggests weather records for freezing temperatures could easily be broken before the month is out."

Thankfully our rather miserable June is almost over.

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