Today was hottest January day on document, the Met Office has revealed, with temperatures reaching 19.6C within the Scottish Highlands.
The mercury hit a document excessive in Kinlochewe village, Wester Ross, the company mentioned. It beats previous information set in 2003, 1971, and 1958.
In a publish on X, the Met Office mentioned: ‘There has provisionally been a brand new UK January day by day max temperature document set at this time at Kinlochewe the place the temperature reached 19.6C.
‘This beats the earlier January UK document of 18.3C set at Inchmarlo and Aboyne in 2003 and Aber in 1958 and 1971.’
The hotter climate is being attributable to southern winds bringing gentle air from Africa, Sky News reported.
As properly as probably setting the document, Kinlochewe was additionally coated by a yellow climate warning for wind.
The warning is in place for locations in Northern Ireland and Scotland with highly effective gusts of 60mph to 70mph anticipated in some areas.
It is in place till 8pm in southwest Scotland with individuals warned journey occasions for bus and practice providers might be longer.
It comes as Britain continues to be feeling the results of Storm Isha and Storm Jocelyn, which battered the nation with 80mph winds, inflicting main rail chaos, energy blackouts, college closures, flight cancellations and flooding.
The 70mph winds are prone to have an effect on bus and practice providers at this time, with journeys taking longer, in addition to delays to highway, rail and ferry transport.
Coastal communities will see crushing waves on the UK’s shores, whereas short-term lack of energy and different providers are to be anticipated.
A Met Office spokesperson mentioned: ‘We are going to see wind gusts of 60 maybe in among the most uncovered spots of the north west coast, 70mph wind gusts.
‘That mixed with outbreaks of rain, more and more persistent rain within the far north and north west.’
Temperatures will stay gentle throughout many of the UK at this time, remaining in double figures, with many experiencing sunny spells with intermittent cloud this afternoon.
The UK has skilled three storms already this yr already — Henk, Isha and Jocelyn.
The Met Office mentioned the first explanation for the recent storms is the jet stream – a fast paced strip of air round 5 to seven miles above the Earth’s floor.
The jet stream blows from west to east at greater than 100 miles per hour.
Met Office meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth mentioned: ‘The jet stream significantly influences the climate we expertise within the UK and through recent months this has largely been directed in the direction of the UK and Ireland.
‘These methods have been directed in the direction of the UK and have ultimately turn into named storms because of the robust winds and heavy rain they convey.’
