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• Met Office Deep Dive: Thunderstorms, festivals and Spanish Plumes

  highs reaching the upper 20s Celsius, with London and East Anglia likely to see the warmest conditions. Nights are also becoming warmer, with temperatures remaining in the mid-teens, marking a shift from the cooler nights experienced earlier in the spring. Humidity levels are expected to increase

• Pollen forecast: Low levels across much of the UK

  and Monday. Further south, there is more variation. Northwest England, the East Midlands and Wales are forecast to remain mostly low, but with a moderate risk on Sunday. The West Midlands is expected to see moderate levels on Friday and again on Sunday. The highest pollen risk is expected in London

• Met Office weekend weather: Heatwave to continue across much of the UK

  hitting 32 or 33°C. The north and west of Wales and the southwest of England will also see unusually high temperatures, with values exceeding 30°C in places that do not typically reach such levels as frequently as London and the southeast. Saturday night: warm and uncomfortable The heat will persist

• Wimbledon extremes: How weather has shaped the championships

  , a reminder that even summer in London can feel brisk. READ MORE: How weather and climate change are shaping the future of UK sport Rainfall records Rain has long been a part of Wimbledon’s lore, and the wettest single day on record occurred way back on 28 June 1906, when 62.7mm of rain fell at Kew

• A wet and dull April

  0.0 4.6 0.8 8.3 0.4 111.4 155 122.9 79 England 13.1 0.0 5.4 1.2 9.3 0.6 85.5 152 127.0 78 Wales 11.9 -0.2 5.2 1.1 8.5 0.4 135.8 154 113.3 72 Scotland 10.3 0.0 2.9 0.2 6.6 0.0 148.9 160 119.2 84 Northern Ireland 12.1 0.2 4.5 0.6 8.3 0.3 104.6 141 118.4 80   More by Press Office London Climate Action

• Food, Farming and Natural Environment Climate Service

  and infrastructure systems. A recent partnership activity looking at impacts of weather and climate extremes on the UK food chain has brought together the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Universities of Exeter, Leeds, Reading, Bristol, Oxford and University College London, Defra, the Food Standards Agency

• Satellite image of the month - 2020

  of land uses to be seen. Grey colours highlight the urban areas - London and Birmingham are most clearly visible. Upland areas in the West such as Dartmoor, Exmoor, Bodmin moor, the Brecon Beacons and Cambrian Mountains appear as a light yellow/brown, and the southern-most Snowdonia mountains appear

• Week ahead forecast: Temperatures on the rise going into midweek

  How the refreshed Met Office app is taking shape Week ahead: High pressure remains in charge, but with some changes Weekend weather: settled, dry and warm for many London Marathon forecast: a cool start with sunny spells 10-day trend: largely settled into the weekend Pollen forecast: High levels

• Where in the UK will you have the best chance of seeing this week's eclipse

  , first contact is expected at around 6.13pm, while in London, Bristol and Cardiff it will begin at approximately 6.17pm. In Cornwall, the eclipse will start slightly later at around 6.18pm. The point of maximum eclipse will occur between around 7.05pm and 7.16pm, depending on location, before

• Summer 2022: a historic season for northern hemisphere heatwaves

  into a global context. Five weather stations from London to Lincolnshire have reached 40°C or more, with Coningsby in Lincolnshire topping out at 40.3°C. In what has been an historic day, over 30 weather stations have exceeded the previous record of 38.7°C set at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens