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Scattered showers on Monday before possible 24°C sunshine next week

Scattered showers are set to dampen Bank Holiday Monday before a spike in temperatures at the end of next week, the Met Office has said.

Rainfall is predicted across the country on Monday with Scotland and the South-East of England expected to have have the heaviest showers in the morning.

Patches of rain are to expected to continue in the south of England, the Midlands and eastern Scotland in the afternoon although sunny patches are expected to break through later in the day, the Met Office said.

In its forecast for Monday, the Met Office warned: “A rather cloudy start in the north with some brighter spells and heavy showers developing. Sunny spells further south with heavy showers and thunderstorms through the afternoon.”

London and the south-east of England will see temperatures range from 16-18°C despite the patches of rain and cloud on Monday afternoon. Birmingham and Hull will see a high of 19°C, while Cardiff may reach 18°C, the Met Office said in it Sunday forecast.

Although Glasgow is expected to reach 15°C, most of Scotland will experience temperatures in the low teens with a mixture of showers.

Looking towards the end of the week, a spokesperson for the Met Office told i “we could see temperatures approach 24 or 25°C” with maximum temperatures remaining between 20-23°C throughout much of the week.

The spokesperson added: “High pressure will slowly build in this week, helping to settle the weather down for much of the UK

“Maximum temperatures most days will be in the range of 20-23°C, but very locally by the end of the week we could see temperatures approach 24 or 25°C, though with this being a week away the weather details can change – so the most likely scenario at this stage is for the continuation of temperatures into the low twenties.”

Jim Dale, the founder of British Weather Services, echoed the Met Office’s forecast as he predicted ” scattered showers” and “scattered thunderstorms” would plague the Early May Bank Holiday before temperatures spike.

“We’re not quite out of the woods. It will still feel more like April rather than pushing on through May,” he told i.

“At least it has started to warm up, and I think people can feel that in the sunshine – and I think that trait will continue with high pressure coming onto the scene

Mr Dale added: “It will progressively get warmer through the week… so 18-22°C will be fairly sort of there or thereabouts for most people

“I think we might start to see those slightly more peaky temperatures up around 23-24°C by the end of the week, and at a real push I’m going to say 25°C.”

London, southeast England, and north Wales are most likely to see significantly warmer temperatures later in the week, the meteorologist said.

Much of the UK was hit with a mix of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall leading up to the bank holiday weekend before the sun came out to produce the hottest day of the year so far.

The peak temperature was recorded on Thursday at 23.4°C at Santon Downham in Suffolk, while Kinlochewe and Achnagart in the north Highlands hit 22.1°C in Scotland.



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