And so this strange year roles on, and we now have a forecast from the ECMWF for the rest of August and the whole of September. Here's what the latest 6-week forecast is suggesting. 17th August to 23rd August Deep trough west of Ireland, extending east to cover the UK (see chart below). Mixed

Here comes the weekend and the heat of the week is still with us in some places, but will have gone in others. Eastern coasts of England and Scotland will be cooler thanks to mist drift gin from the sea, whilst sunshine in more western and southern areas maintains the warm