Just a quickie heads up. Two areas of rain to watch for today. Get set for more torrential showers today with 30mm of rain possible in a very short space of time. Map below (from WeatherOnline) showing forecast rain totals to 7pm this evening from the UK Met Office hi-res model. Notice

'The Atlantic Blob', that tea of cold water in the northwest Atlantic is something which is front and centre of my mind right now. See below how the CFS is predicting the blob to still be in evidence through July, August and September with water around the UK being closer to

Interesting to see the ECMWF operational producing a strong ridge this weekend and into next week, promising several days of dry weather ... But the ensemble does this ... Small differences, but the operational more bullish on the building ridge over the UK this weekend and early next week, with the ensemble