Looking good next week and warm !

Power outages in Spain claimed to be caused by “induced atmospheric vibration”, this is where large and sudden temperature variations across a geographical area can induce vibrations in high voltage cables causing shutdown, NO SUCH conditions existed today !!

The picture from space, visible satellite picture shows cloud free skies from Bristol to the Pyrenees BBC South West BBC Devon BBC Cornwall BBC Somerset BBC Dorset

Record temperatures - well yes ! Last night Plymouth at 14C had it's warmest April night on record And - Bude at 26C the warmest April day here since 1959 BBC South West BBC Devon BBC Cornwall

With an average of 228.9 hours of sunshine across the month, the UK has recorded its sunniest April since the series began in 1910.

Hottest day of the year so far !!

Not too bad for the holiday weekend, much cooler though !

Quiet weather to remember tomorrow !

THIS WEEK - A few showers this afternoon and tomorrow then the sunshine returns. BBC South West BBC Devon BBC Cornwall BBC Somerset BBC Dorset

Wonderful weather watchers pictures this morning Thank you !

SUNSHINE -We've had more sunshine already this spring than we had in the whole of last summer. Sun hours this spring up to 13th May = 507.0hrs Sun hours last summer = 491.6hrs BBC South West BBC Devon BBC Somerset BBC Dorset BBC Cornwall

Somerset has now had more sunshine this spring, than for the whole of last summer ! BBC Cornwall BBC Devon BBC Somerset BBC Dorset

Exeter has now had 621hrs of sunshine so far this spring, the England record is 682hrs back in 2020

Spring 2025 has not only been exceptionally sunny but also very dry !, BBC South West BBC Devon BBC Somerset BBC Cornwall BBC Dorset

Warmest spring since 1884 2nd sunniest on record Driest spring for over 100 years

Jersey also the warmest spring on record

Quieter for tomorrow but still with showers

Thunderstorm warning for tomorrow 0900-1800 10-15 mm of rain could fall in an hour, whilst some places could see 30-40 mm of rain over several hours. Frequent lightning, hail & strong, gusty winds will be additional hazards. BBC Devon BBC Somerset BBC Cornwall BBC Dorset

Could be some thunder and lightning tonight and tomorrow morning , with some torrential downpours BBC Somerset BBC Dorset BBC Devon BBC Cornwall