now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker.est of today and into tomorrow and the reason for it is this low pressure which swept across the country earlier on today. it brought some really quite heavy rain and some strong winds to southern areas. the second half of the day, the more persistent rain is around eastern scotland and the north—east of england. elsewhere, it is a mixture of areas of cloud and the showers come and go, too. that will continue into the evening hours and overnight. it will not be a cold night, a project in the south around 13 or 14 degrees. not far off that in scotland, as well. tomorrow, we'll call it a day of sunny spells and showers. some of the showers could be heavy almost anywhere, there could be cracks of thunder, but i think most of the time the weather should be dry. feeling a little bit warmer, too. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 2pm... new guidance for the double—jabbed from the sixteenth of august as the government continues to relax covid restrictions. anyone who is a clos

now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker.ello, shorts and t—shirts weather once again today — pretty much across the board — as those temperatures sky—rocket. the sun is strong, and here's another reminder ofjust how strong it is. very high uv levels across many parts of england and wales. not quite so high in scotland — a bit more cloud here. actually, temperatures across the northern half of the uk will be a somewhat lower today. that's because we have slightly cooler air coming off the atlantic. so 20 in glasgow, for example. in london and the south—east, we'll probably hit around 30—31 celsius. balmy evening, balmy night on the way. across the northern half of the uk, we keep the cloud — it'll also remain fresher — around 11—12 celsius. but the south, look how warm it is! 17 in cardiff, 17 in london. mid—teens in liverpool. tomorrow, another hot day. not quite as hot, but i'm sure you'll agree, hot enough. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... borisjohnson and chancellor rishi sunak — who received covid alerts after he

now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker.

now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker.cket. the sun is strong, and here's another reminder ofjust how strong it is. very high uv levels across many parts of england and wales. not quite so high in scotland — a bit more cloud here. actually, temperatures across the northern half of the uk will be a somewhat lower today. that's because we have slightly cooler air coming off the atlantic. so 20 in glasgow, for example. in london and the south—east, we'll probably hit around 30—31 celsius. balmy evening, balmy night on the way. across the northern half of the uk, we keep the cloud — it'll also remain fresher — around 11—12 celsius. but the south, look how warm it is! 17 in cardiff, 17 in london. mid—teens in liverpool. tomorrow, another hot day. not quite as hot, but i'm sure you'll agree, hot enough. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... borisjohnson and chancellor rishi sunak — who received covid alerts after health secretary sajid javid contracted coronavirus — both say they will self—isolate. the move comes as england

now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker.oking good. in fact, the outlook is looking very good indeed. it's going turn increasingly warm and sunny. so, the here and now, across many central and western areas, it is going to be a mostly clear night. however, out towards the east, along the north sea coast, it may turn cloudy, so that means a bit of a slow start to the day for some of us on wednesday. but not cold in the morning. 15 degrees, for example, in liverpool. so, the forecast for wednesday, lots of fine weather right from the word go. plenty of sunny spells on the way. in one or two areas in the north west it might turn a little cloudier and cooler, too. 17 for stornoway, but low 20s for the lowlands of scotland and northern ireland. mid—20s expected in the south. how about thursday and friday? every bit as warm and sunny. in fact, by friday in some spots, up to 27 degrees. hello there. you're watching bbc news with me, clive myrie. the headlines: there has been a huge show of support for england footballer marcus rash

here's tomasz shafernaker. guess what, we are stuck for the showers for the next few days.

this image which shows a before and after image of an affected area. 0ur weather presenter tomasz shafernakercularly unusual about it? i“! the grand scale of storms as particularly unusual about it? ii the grand scale of storms as they come in europe, actually, there wasn't but there are a lot of elements here which came together and created this situation. we often talk about the jet stream, it brings us all sorts of weather and quite often, thejet us all sorts of weather and quite often, the jet stream us all sorts of weather and quite often, thejet stream can us all sorts of weather and quite often, the jet stream can take a really unusual shape, we get these peaks and troughs and there is a graphic ear to illustrate that, so it's notjust a line going over the atlantic towards us but these waves and sometimes the trough kind of breaks away and creates its own environment and sort of stays in the same place over and over again. and one of the reasons why we've been seeing this kind of pattern in the jet stream is because it's so hot across eastern parts of europe, much cooler here in the uk