Despite today and tomorrow being oppressively hot in much of England and Wales, Atlantic air is set to break through the Scotland and Ireland. This will lower temperatures and bring fresher conditions. It will be taking a few days for the fresher air to reach southern England, but arrive it will, and

Little change in the latest forecasts for rainfall through to the middle of next week. GFS is as good as any in trying to highlight the probable distribution of rainfall between now (1am Saturday) and the end of Wednesday. Most rain still in northeast Scotland, but some heavier rain may affect southeastern

It seems there is no end to the heat and drought, but as always, the weather does have a habit of evening itself out. That's what will happen, despite the panic currently spreading through a story-starved news media. I wonder how many phrases the word 'crisis' can be appended too? Anyhow, here's the