The UK’s third heatwave is now over, but it is unlikely to be the last one for this summer

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The first half of the summer is easy to summarise within three words: dry, hot and sunny. The heatwaves came and gone with different flavours and socioeconomic challenges, with the third one being the strongest and lasting for almost a fortnight. In this column, we discuss why this break is just temporary relief and why August cannot be ruled out either.

The third heatwave is now officially over for most of the country, and was the longest since 2006 with 13 consecutive days surpassing 30 °C. Temperatures have returned back to normal, to a more typical British summer values (18 to 26 °C).

As temperatures finally cool off, we say goodbye to the third UK heatwave

The end of the heatwave, however, was not accompanied by the thunderstorms this time, but with cooler airmass flowing from the north, as the high pressure system reasserts from the Atlantic.

This is a typical Atlantic ridge regime (ATR) where the UK is under dominantly northerly airflow and plenty of clouds for northern and eastern regions on the leading eastern flank.

Why