Britain is having fun with ‘summer season’s final hurrah’ with temperatures hitting 26C (79F) at present earlier than heavy rainfall is predicted to drench elements of the nation this weekend.
The Met Workplace mentioned heat and vivid circumstances will proceed for many areas this afternoon following a cloudy morning, after a excessive of 25.5C (77.9F) yesterday.
The UK is presently experiencing excessive stress however this can quickly transfer north and east, permitting thundery showers to develop within the South simply earlier than the weekend.
The warmest temperatures at present are anticipated in London and would make the UK hotter than Ibiza and Rome (each 23C/73F), Corfu (24C/75F) and Mallorca (25C/77F).
Highs of 22C (72F) are anticipated within the South tomorrow, earlier than related maximums over the weekend with highs of 24C (75F) on Saturday and 22C (72F) on Sunday.
However heavy downpours are set to hit central and southern England and elements of Wales over the weekend, and climate warnings could also be issued over the approaching days.
Met Workplace meteorologist Dan Stroud mentioned: ‘We’re being spoiled by nearly summer season’s final hurrah, however there is a little bit of a change coming down the road as we transfer our method by way of in direction of Friday, and particularly the weekend.’
To date this month, the UK has seen a mean 49.5mm (1.95in) of rainfall – which is typical for this time of yr, Mr Stroud mentioned.
‘Successive bands of rain’ and ‘regular circumstances for autumn’ are anticipated subsequent week, he added.
Yesterday, temperatures hit 25.5C (77.9F) in Inverness, which is 14C above common for this time of yr.
And a temperature of 26C at present would the primary time such a excessive had been reached within the UK in almost a fortnight since Aviemore within the Highlands hit 26.2C (79.1F) on September 7.
Pedestrians cross Westminster Bridge within the heat autumn sunshine yesterday afternoon
Individuals benefit from the climate by the River Thames in London yesterday as temperature rise
The circumstances are in stark situation to lower than per week in the past when elements of the nation have been experiencing sub-zero climate.
England and South Wales each recorded their earliest frost in September since 2019 as temperatures fell to -2.7C (27.F1F) final Friday.
Nonetheless, a excessive of 26C at present would nonetheless be properly off the UK date file for September 19 – set in 1926 when Camden Sq. in London hit 32.2C (90.0F).
In the present day, the mercury will stand up to 26C (79F) within the South, 20C (68F) within the North and 18C (64F) in Scotland.
By tomorrow, highs of 22C (72F) are anticipated within the South, 19C (66F) within the North and 17C (63F) in Scotland.
