Weather from the west; a pressure gradient from South to North across
the UK and the jetstream screaming right over the UK.

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/jetstream.asp

The weather isn't dreadfully awful for everyone, though. Summer zonal
has much more of a warm influence from a hot continent than a winter
zonal pattern and between troughs, the strong sun allows some very
nice days, the closer to the continent that you are. The SE (and
Wimbledon) should benefit, but there's likely to be rain interruptions
as fronts cross the UK and the second week looks as if there will be
more than the first.

In addition; the jet, being right over us, allows the South to benefit
from the sinking air on it's Southern flank, whilst the poor NW now
gets the bulk of the wetter and windier weather - good to know the
drought has broken in Cumbria and NW Scotland - as the jet has
realigned itself, a little further North, from it's position last
week.

You must be getting some decent summery weather out of this Dave R?
I'll bet Hyde Park is full of sunbathers this afternoon and they'll be
doing a good trade in extortionately priced strawberries and cream at
Wimbledon. Watch the sun. An afternoon in today's conditions spells
lobster. It's not exactly cracking the flags weather, but 22C, light
winds and strong sunshine would be many people's idea of an English
summer heaven.

I can't see the zonal train stopping yet and the seach is now on for
the change. This zonal spell started on about 10/11th July and we've
now had 2 weeks of it. There's at least a week to go and it could last
a lot longer. That blocked Atlantic of Spring seems a long time ago,
doesn't it? I wonder what actually provided the Epsom salts to unblock
the system?

What a country for weather watching, I wouldn't live anywhere else!
Lovely in the SW this morning, but the office calls. Rats.

Paul