UK weather forecast: Exact date Brits set to bask in three-week warm spell after thunderstorms and frost
FORECASTERS have revealed the exact date Brits are set to bask in a three-week warm spell.
The UK will soon see “above average” temperatures after an unusually cold spring.
The Met Office predicts the mercury will begin to rise on May 19.
Their long-range forecast says a “high-pressure ridge is most likely to extend across the UK, resulting in a good amount of fine and dry weather for most”.
It continues: “Temperatures most likely above average overall, although most likely closer to average in the southeast.”
The average temperature for the month of May in the UK is 15C – 18C.
And the good weather is set to continue for up to three weeks – bar a few cooler days.
Forecasters say: “Into June, high pressure is predicted to remain dominant, especially for northern areas, with cloud, rain and showers more likely to the south, although there is a level of uncertainty associated with this.
“An increased likelihood of above average temperatures for many.”
But before the warm weather Brits will have to suffer through some wet and cold conditions.
Today northern England will see heavy showers, hail and thunderstorms – and tomorrow morning Brits will be waking up to frost
In Cardiff temperatures will reach 16C, while in London the Mercury will only reach 15C.
Met Office forecaster Stephen Keates said: “We’ve had plenty of sunshine around over the weekend.
“We’re going to hold onto a decent segment of that fine weather but there will be the odd scattered shower about.
“Some of them will be heavy at times.
“It’s also going to feel cooler than what it has been with temperatures dropping slightly.”
It comes after Brits basked in glorious sunshine yesterday as temperatures rivalled the Greek isle of Corfu.
Beaches, parks and beer gardens were packed on England’s hottest day of the year.
The Met Office said Heathrow recorded 21.4C (70.52F) — topping the 21.3C set last Sunday in Sheffield.
That was almost a match for Corfu, which saw up to 22C, and better than Rome (20C), Barcelona (17C) and Naples (18C).Saturday had seen temperatures almost as high, with the best of the sun in the South East.