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Well it's not Piers, he's right upset by the nonsense the Express have been spouting Edit: nonsense the Express have been spouting this week. He was full of praise for the nonsense they've been posting the past few weeks .....

WTF IS A MINI HEATWAVE? ....

ASWT'S SUMMER FORECAST 2012 The Spring of 2012 was certainly an interesting and notable one. March was one of the warmest on record with settled and very warm conditions following a cool, changeable and unsettled first half. April, was a very different story as High Pressure sat over Greenland resulting in cool winds from the north. A very unsettled month and a cool one with frosts and wintry weather. This unsettled and cold regime continued into the first half of May, however, recently we've seen High Pressure move into favourable locations for sunny and warm conditions to reach the UK. This looks set to see the rest of May out and may last into the first part of June. But what I see happening is a very changeable and transistionary month in June. High pressure may move from the UK and Europe towards the North Atlantic/Greenland which may see a brief return to cold and unsettled weather. However, I expect intervening spells of both warm, settled and at times thundery weather and cool, wet and unsettled conditions. I expect this theme of changes between warm, dry to cool, wet conditions to continue into July but I also expect longer lasting and more prominent periods of summery conditions. I expect August to also be an interesting month, a volitile situation with unsettled conditions prevailing but summer conditions also abundant inbetween rainfall. JUNE I expect June to start of on a mainly sunny and warm note with high pressure in control. However, not too long into the month, I expect High Pressure to move over towards Greenland allowing for unsettled conditions to intervene. Expect a good share of rainfall and cool temperatures but also expect some spells of sunshine. I believe that after a cooler and wetter period, warmer and drier SEly winds should follow. This would see the southern parts of the UK experiencing the best of the summer warmth although everywhere should enjoy warm temperatures and sunshine. The far NW may see some rain and cloud at times. Some storms could be present at times in the warm, easterly flow. However, periods of settled conditions won't be wall-to-wall with low pressure intervening - however, this can still bring spells of sunshine - albeit short-lived. JULY Somewhat unsettled conditions with a mixture of sunshine/showery and fronts followed by sunshine may last into the first part of July. However, I expect July to be the month with the best of the warmth and sunshine with the longest and most potent heatwaves. Winds from the east and south will be present and will bring classic summer weather to the UK. Not always scorching hot but warm enough to feel properly like summer. However, these periods of summer weather will yet again be followed by periods with cooler temperatures, more rainfall and less sunshine but pleasant summer weather will be present in a somewhat restricted way. AUGUST August is a month where progressively more unsettled and changeable conditions. Atlantic depressions bringing heavy rain, periods of cool-showery weather from the NW and cool, windy days with sunny intervals will bring a different feel to the weather of this summer. Warm, sunny and pleasant conditions will be regular behind depressions but these will be short-lived, less hot and less widespread. So a good deal of sunshine is likely in August but mixed with a good deal of wetter and windy conditions. A volitile situation is possible into the latter part of the month with some progressively more autumnal conditions but with some late summer warmth and sunshine present and the possibility of Spannish Plumes.