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We're right to take dim view of August

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Published Date: 30 August 2008
THIS August was the most dismally overcast on record and will end in a washout, say forecasters.

Thunder storms on Sunday will bring to a close the wettest August the UK has seen for four years and the least sunny since sunshine records began in 1912, according to MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association.

Forecaster Michael D
ukes said: "There has been a real lack of sunshine this year. It has been the dullest since the early part of the 20th century.

"We have only seen around 90 hours of sunshine, the average for this time of year is 200."

The Met Office said temperatures of 27C in some southern and eastern areas of England were expected on Saturday but a "return to unsettled weather" on Sunday will bring storms to central and south east regions.

This, Mr Dukes said, will be caused by warm, humid air coming in from the continent that will clash with cooler Atlantic air and cause the storms.

He added that although August has generally seen wet and dull weather, temperatures had been "bang on average" as cloudy evenings have stopped temperatures dropping too far.

Autumnal weather is not expected to fare much better, he said,
as more showers are predicted for the first week of September
and temperatures will drop.





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  • Last Updated: 30 August 2008 8:33 AM
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  • Location: Yorkshire
 
 

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