The Easter weekend’s gloom and doom looks set to be blasted away by a pulse of sizzling heat that could boost temperatures back to 20C.
The forecast has unfortunately dealt people looking forward to the coming long weekend a major blow, with showers parading across most of the UK from Friday to Sunday and the mercury sliding down into the mid teens after a stunning start to April. Met Office meteorologists expecting the weather to become especially ferocious in some parts of the country have issued a yellow warning for the southwest, and dousing people living in the area’s best made plans for Friday and Saturday. But those whose weekends are ruined won’t need to wait to long before their fortunes improve.
The latest new weather maps from Netweather show some early May joy, with three days of sizzling highs on the way from the first day of the coming months. The maps show London and the southeast bathing in 20C highs, while people living in communities just outside the capital enjoy similarly high temperatures of around 17C to 18C.
A central-southeastern heat plume will leave highs in the mid-teens up to the Midlands, with people living in East Anglia set to enjoy 19C highs.
If the predictions hold, the temperatures will approach the record set earlier this month in Northolt, northwest London, which saw 24C highs last weekend. Temperatures look likely to settle above 15C in and around Birmingham, but people living further north of the city won’t experience the same pleasant weather, unfortunately.
Residents of Wales, Scotland and northern England may have to tough out comparatively chilly 12C highs.
The Met Office long-range forecast, which covers from April 22 to May 1, states the inclement weather of this week looks set to persist for the next two weeks. The service predicts “a fair amount of sunshine” will fall during the latter days of the forecast, falling in line with Netweather’s glittering maps.
The forecast says: “Many areas probably starting this period on a rather showery note, with central and southern parts of the UK more likely to see the heaviest and most frequent showers. These will likely be quite slow-moving with the chance of thunder in places.
“With time, high pressure is expected to become more dominant across the UK, but the shower risk may persist, more likely further to the south, at least towards the end of April. Given often light winds and for some, a fair amount of sunshine, it should feel pleasantly warm by day, though areas subject to onshore winds and perhaps also most cloud, especially North Sea coasts, may remain somewhat cooler.
“Some chilly nights remain likely, especially where skies are clear.”
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