Continuing mostly dry, sunny and very warm over the weekend, threat of thundery showers in the southwest Sunday.
The four nations making up the UK all saw temperatures over 30C on Thursday, Porthmadog in NW Wales again saw the highest temperature with 33.0C, the highest temperature of the year so far, while Glasgow saw its warmest day on record with 31.9C. All the highest temperatures yesterday were towards the west, with NW England and Northern Ireland exceeding 30C too, and the same will be the case today, thanks to an easterly breeze keeping temperatures lower towards eastern coasts.
The weekend will offer lots more sunshine for most and staying generally dry too, cooling down a tad across the north and northeast compared to recent days, while southern areas turn more humid and hot by Sunday, which will be accompanied by a risk of some thundery showers SW England and south Wales on Sunday.
For now, it’s grey and misty around eastern coasts of Scotland and England, with some patchy low cloud inland across eastern areas too. But for most it’s another fine start, warm already in the west, with lots of blue skies which will lead into another dry day with prolonged sunshine across many areas, the sun burning back the mist and low cloud back to the coast across the east, where sea mist or fog will affect beaches at times.
Temperatures not quite as high as yesterday, the highest temperatures today across western Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales along with southern and western areas of England – where they will reach 25-28C generally, perhaps as high as 30C somewhere across NW England and NW Wales. Generally cooler along eastern coasts – where temperatures will reach 21-23C, a brisk northeasterly breeze across southern Englnad and East Anglia, winds generally lighter elsewhere.
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A balmy evening will lead into a warm but dry night for many with lengthy clear spells away from eastern areas of England, where coastal mist and low cloud will again drift back inland.
So perhaps another grey start towards eastern areas, but the low cloud will quickly burn back to the coasts through the morning, with most areas having another fine and sunny day with wall-to-wall blue skies for some. Cooler towards eastern coasts and breezy across the south, but the highest temperatures in the south – where they’ll reach 25-28C, further north 21-25C.
Weekend temperatures highs, turning hotter and more humid in the south on Sunday
Low pressure over Iberia will tend to edge north towards SW Britain by Sunday, bringing some showers and thunderstorms northwest across SW England, south Wales and Ireland by evening. Also turning cloudier across north and west Scotland, with a little rain perhaps, as a weak front arrives off the Atlantic. Elsewhere dry and sunny again, increasingly humid towards the south – with a flow off the near continent. Hot across SE England – where we could exceed 30C, elsewhere reaching 21-26C.
Little change for most early next week, mostly dry with more sunshine for many. Hot and humid in the south on Monday with high 20s Celsius likely and very warm and humid Tuesday and Wednesday with temperatures reaching the mid-20s Celsius. This will lead into some warm nights too in the south. Cooler in the north, with high teens to low twenties more common. A continuing threat of thundery showers though across southwest England and south Wales.
Mid to late week may see an increasing risk of thundery downpours spreading north across southern, central and western areas, though some uncertainty for now. Many areas staying dry and sunny, highest temperatures in the south – where they could reach the mid-to-high 20s Celsius and where it will be humid too.
