After the sweltering heat for many over the last few days, it's time for things to be turning fresher this weekend. Here are you 5 Weekend Weather Things to Know ... 1. Thundery rain in eastern and northern parts of the UK on Saturday, a risk of some flooding in the northeast

  Sea temperatures around the coasts of the UK and near continent have warmed up in the past few weeks. Heatwaves in Europe have certainly played their part and as the chart below showers, temperatures are now above average around much of the UK, eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. That heat 'loads' the atmosphere

As we enter the critical work phases for mid to late summer, the 6-week forecast form the ECMWF model is beginning to look ahead to early autumn. In fact this EC46-day shows a remarkable resemblance to our analogue forecast for August. However, as always, this isn't out official forecast for August, but