UK weather maps turn fiery red as Britain to bask in 31C scorcher in just days

Daily Mirror

12 hours ago

Brits are set for scorching temperatures next week as a high pressure system dominates and they could peak at 31C with a flow of easterly air moving in from the continent
Brits are set for sweltering temperatures of up to 31C in the coming days as maps turn red next week and high pressure dominates over the UK.
After a couple of weeks of milder weather due to low pressure systems moving in from the Atlantic, the UK has seen the mercury rise again with the hottest day of the year so far on Friday with 29.4C recorded in Levington, Suffolk. But that humidity also led to storms especially in the southeast where a month's worth of rain fell overnight and caused flooding. And the outlook for next week is for more scorching temperatures especially in the south of the country due to a high pressure system.
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"As we go through the next few days high pressure is set to return and there will be no significant rain the forecast until we get to the following weekend," said BBC weather forecaster Louise Lear. It is due to get warmer as the week goes on with maps from WXCHARTS showing them peaking on Friday, June 20.
They predict the southeast of England will see a stifling 31C while many areas will see the mercury reaching the mid 20Cs. In the Midlands, temperatures will range from 19C to 24C with Birmingham set to see 21C.
Towards the north of England, it will range from 17C to 23C with the northwest coast to see cooler temperatures. As for Wales, there will be a range of 14C to 20C and in Scotland it will see 11C to 18C. There is a trend towards warmer weather in the east and in Cornwall and Devon, there will be an average of around 17C.
"As we move into Thursday we start to tap into more of an easterly feed and that will drag in more warmth coming from the near continent. So maybe the sunniest day of the week, the driest day of the week, we will see a lot of sunshine and warmth, temperatures in Scotland peaking at 24C, we could see 27C or 28C," said Ms Lear.
"The heat likely to peak on Friday but then we could potentially see a change as we move into the weekend as low pressure finally could bring some much welcome rain."
While the Met Office's forecast for June 19- 28 reads: "Most parts of the UK are expected to be fine and dry at the start of this period, then a broad northwest to southeast split is likely to develop in late June. The wettest and windiest conditions are expected to be in the northwest, with spells of rain at times which may be heavy in places.
"It will likely be very warm or perhaps hot at first in the north, temperatures quickly becoming near normal or slightly above. More settled in the southeast with conditions drier overall, although some rain will probably spread from the west or northwest at times.
"There is also the risk that isolated heavy showers and thunderstorms could develop at times. Temperatures are expected to be above normal, perhaps with some hot spells in the southeast.