Don’t pack away the shorts and sandals just yet.
It seems as though we’re going to be gifted with back-to-back sunny weekends as the Met Office has forecast sizzling temperatures for the coming days.
Scientists recorded the hottest day ever logged in history last Sunday, and last month was the hottest June on record globally.
Now, it appears we’re heading towards a 96-hour-long heat burst, with temperatures in some areas of the country soaring as high as 30C.
After a mixed week of humidity and showers, you’ll be delighted to hear that dry, sunny spells will start to re-emerge from tomorrow.
The southeast of the country will experience the best of the warm weather, with the highest temperatures expected to arrive on Monday.
Met Office spokesperson Oliver Claydon told the Mirror: “We’ve got a little bit of rain to get through across parts of the UK [on Friday]. There will be spells of rain across the southern coast moving eastwards, and that will reinvigorate into the evening – where the southeast will see a pulse of heavier rain moving through.
“Elsewhere, in the Midlands and central parts of England and Wales it’s a little bit drier but further showers in northern England, Scotland and northern Ireland as well. A showery and unsettled rest of the day today.”
Highs of 27C are expected for Sunday, followed by a 28C scorcher the following day.
According to Claydon, Saturday will see “sunny spells and some showers coming in through the day, some of these could be slow moving and heavy in places, and focused in northern England and Wales. The driest part of the UK will be in the southeast.”
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The weather expert added: “Temperatures for Saturday will see highs of 24C, once again in the southeast of England. As we go through to Sunday, we start to see a bridge of high pressure moving in, which will influence the weather as we go through the beginning of next week.
“It will be quite bright with lots of sunshine around, more cloud in parts of Scotland, but generally much drier than the preceding days. On Sunday, the max temperature could be up to 27C in the south of England.”
While some will be holding out hope for another July heatwave, Claydon has rubbished any hopes of prolonged sunshine.
“There’s no indication at the moment that we’ll be reaching heatwave thresholds which would require sustained high temperatures for three days in a row.
“We’re not expecting that at the moment – those high temperatures are expected to continue into next week.
“In the southeast and in London, the heatwave threshold needs to see at least 28C three days in a row – and the first day we might see that is Monday. The certainty and the detail will become much clearer as we move closer.”
