UK weather forecast: Britons to bask in temperatures hotter than Corfu next week
Temperatures expected to soar to 20C after wet and chilly weather, forecasters say
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Your support makes all the difference.Britons will have to endure a couple more days of heavy rain and thunderstorms before warmer temperatures return early next week, with the UK set to be hotter than Corfu on Tuesday.
Sunny weather is on the way after heavy showers across the Midlands, Wales, southwest and parts of the southeast on Friday.
Temperatures will leap up to 17C to 18C in the south of the country on Friday – although the mercury will still struggle to get above 10C to 11C in the north.
And it is expected to heat up to 20C by Tuesday – making parts of the UK hotter than popular holiday spot Corfu.
Met Office operational meteorologist Martin Bowles told The Independent: “There will be a gradual improvement into the weekend as high pressure builds and showers will become confined to the eastern side of the country, while the western side will have quite a lot of sunshine.
“Into Sunday we are expecting dry, bright and sunny weather and temperatures beginning to go up by a couple of degrees every day.
“By Tuesday we are likely to get 20C in parts of the south and even in sheltered inland parts of the north which is above average for the time of the year.”
After clear skies make for a cold night in Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland on Friday, a sunny start to the weekend is predicted for Saturday.
After a frosty start, forecasters are predicting a fine, dry day on Sunday with some clouds and a small chance of showers in isolated places.
The showers should then fade, bringing more sunshine through Monday and a good part of next week.
Britain has seen a mixed bag of weather in recent months, with one of the hottest Easters on record followed by the one of the coldest starts to the early May Bank holiday.
Medium-range forecasts show the start of June will see dry and bright spells with occasional wet and windy weather, according to Mr Bowles.
The forecaster said it could be rather cool in the unsettled period, with the best of the high temperatures and settled weather in the north.
He added that despite some reports, there were no signs of a heatwave in the foreseeable future.
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