Exact date mini heatwave to hit UK as Caribbean jet stream to bring 25C blast

Daily Mirror

27-05-2025

Many Brits suffered a bank holiday weekend washout but weather maps show we are soon set for temperatures to rise again into the mid-20Cs for some areas of the country
Brits are set for another mini-heatwave with temperatures rising to 25C after a week of wet weather.
It was a typically damp bank holiday weekend with a washout for many people around the country after a long spell of hot and dry weather where a high pressure system dominated. But while the mercury will dip for a few days, by the weekend we are set to see a return to balmy conditions and temperatures hitting the mid-20Cs in some parts. Maps from Ventusky are turning orange again by Saturday, May 31, especially for the southeast which will be warmest and these higher temperatures are expected to last into the start of next week.
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And a map from WXCharts shows the mercury hit 25C at 3pm on on Saturday. Met Office Meteorologist Becky Mitchell said: 'This week we could see temperatures push to the low 20s in the south, and at the end of the week we can see drier and more settled weather develop in southern England and Wales.'
And the outlook from the weather agency for Thursday to Saturday reads: 'Further spells of rain are expected over the next few days, mainly in the north. Sunny spells and scattered showers in the south, and turning increasingly warm.'
While BBC weather forecaster Ben Rich said that temperatures could hit the mid-20Cs in the south of England at the end of the week. 'For Friday many areas will see some dry weather and some spells of sunshine but it could well be that our next weather system starts to approach bringing some cloud and some rain in from the west,' he said
'It could be a warm feeling day on Friday with temperatures of 17C to 24C. High pressure tries to hold on across the south and the south east, at the same time low pressure tries to return from the northwest.
"This gives quite a messy weather forecast for Saturday, there will be some showers or longer spells of rain especially up towards the north and east, further south and east a better chance that we will stay dry for much of the time and in the sunshine still feeling warm 16C to 24C.'
And a long term Met Office forecast hints of the possibility of "hot conditions" on its outlook from May 31 to June 9. It adds: "With time the signs are that systems will increasingly track to the northwest of the country, with the south probably starting to see longer, drier interludes while the northwest continues to see more in the way of rain and at times strong winds.
"Temperatures are expected to be around normal overall, but will be cooler in any prolonged periods of rainfall. Meanwhile there is the possibility of some very warm, perhaps hot conditions developing, especially in the south and these bring with them the chance of thunderstorms."