UK weather: Britain faces heavy showers and humidity this weekend
London will see highs of 26C on Saturday
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Your support makes all the difference.The UK is set for a changeable spell of weather over the weekend, with heavy showers and warm temperatures predicted by forecasters.
Many areas of the country will see a wide variety of conditions over the next few days, from hot spells on Saturday to thundery showers by the beginning of next week.
Steven Keates, a forecaster at the Met Office, said: “With low pressure close by to the UK this weekend, we’re set for quite a changeable and at times rather unsettled spell of weather”.
Conditions on Saturday morning will be fairly grey, as a band of rain pushes north, bringing a few sharp showers to Scotland.
The afternoon will generally be brighter, though there is a chance of showers returning to northern England and northern Wales.
There will also be heavy showers, possibly with thunder, in south-west England.
Elsewhere, the weather will feel quite humid in London, with temperatures rising to a warm 25C or 26C.
After a mild night, warm continental air will come from the east and south-east, making Sunday feel like another warm day. The mercury could hit highs of 23C in London.
The worst of the rain will fall in western England, Wales and Northern Ireland throughout the day.
A similar pattern of weather will continue at the start of next week, with a mix of cloud, sunny spells and scattered showers.
Monday will be largely dry but there will be further rain for western Britain and Northern Ireland. On Tuesday, there will be more in the way of cloud, with northern and western parts of the UK expected to have heavy and thundery showers.
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