UK weather forecast – Heat bubble makes Scotland at 3am hotter than ATHENS before warmest New Year in 178 years
BRITAIN is poised for the warmest New Year’s Eve in 178 years as a 1,000-mile wide ‘tropical plume’ will make Scotland SIZZLE over New Year. The usually cold country, which often sees snow months before the rest of the UK will be hotter than ATHENS at 3 am New Year’s morning. Forecasters say a high […]
BRITAIN is poised for the warmest New Year’s Eve in 178 years as a 1,000-mile wide ‘tropical plume’ will make Scotland SIZZLE over New Year.
The usually cold country, which often sees snow months before the rest of the UK will be hotter than ATHENS at 3 am New Year’s morning.
Forecasters say a high pressure front moving up from the Azores, off Portugal, could bring much-needed warm weather for swathes of the flood-ravaged UK.
The Met Office forecasts highs of around 16C up to and including New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, with the coastal town of Caslley, Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands reaching 16.8 C on the mercury this morning.
This time last year, Scotland saw lows of a frosty 4C.
The Met Office added 16.8 C is the highest UK temperature to be recorded this late into the year.
They revealed the news om a tweet with users flooding to the comments to dub the bizarre weather phenomenon: “Tropical Scotland.”
And yesterday, we reported it will be the UK’s warmest December 31 since records began in 1841 – if highs beat the 15.6C in 1910 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
The soaring temps are close to records set in Scotrland in 1948, when December hights hit 18.3C.
Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge said: “A tropical maritime air mass from the Azores is good news for New Year’s Eve, with very mild 15-16C highs up to and including Tuesday.
“Conditions look pretty decent for fireworks, with light winds, and New Year’s Day looks mild at 13C.”
In Corfu, Greece, the predicted highs are just 12C while in Rome, Italy, the temperatures are only tipped to reach around 11C.
The warmer spell is the result of an area of high pressure which would usually bring cold and frosty weather from the Continent.
MOST READ IN NEWS
However, this time it is trapping an area of cloud and mild air which could lead to a much-needed ‘heat bubble’.
According to The Met Office, Scotland will see outbreaks of rain across its northwest but the rest will be dry and sunny.
England in will be dry and sunny too, with some wind up in the north – but temperatures remain mild all-round.
