The Met Office has predicted when the heatwave will end following scorching highs of 34C this weekend. Most of the UK will feel “fresher air” and lower temperatures as early as Sunday, according the the weather agency, although the east of England will hang on to highs of 28C throughout the day.
In the north and southwest of England, Scotland, and Wales, the biggest drop will be felt from Saturday to Sunday, when temperatures will settle around a pleasant 20C. In the South and East of England, Brits will love or loathe the hot weather for one more day, with cooler weather expected from Monday. The Met Office said: “Temperatures are forecast to drop on Sunday, though the far east of England could hold on temperatures up to 28°C through Sunday.”
It added: “Elsewhere, westerly mobility will move in bringing fresher air, cloud and outbreaks of rain. These conditions are expected to continue through next week, with spells of brighter and drier weather too.”
From Saturday to Sunday, Glasgow’s temperature will plunge from 27C to 19C, Liverpool’s from 28C to 22C, and Plymouth’s from 24C to 21C.
In Cardiff, temperatures will drop by 5C from Saturday’s highs of 26C, while in Belfast, which hasn’t experienced such extreme temperatures, Sunday will also feel slightly cooler, dipping below 20C.
Further east, Brits will roast for one more day, with highs of 28C in London, which will drop to 23C on Monday, and dip from 28C to 23C in Kent.
According to its long-range forecast from Tuesday, June 24 to Thursday, July 3, “rather changeable conditions” are expected, due to a series of Atlantic low-pressure systems, which normally bring occasional rain or showers in northwestern areas.
It added there is a chance of some occasional very warm weather, but these will “probably be fairly short-lived and perhaps also accompanied by a few thunderstorms”.
The agency said this heatwave was interesting because it has been caused by air that originated over the North Atlantic south of Greenland, instead of hot air moving north from Iberia or northwest Africa like we often see
Yesterday Met Office scientists revealed there is an increased likelihood of extreme temperatures in the UK, and the chance of exceeding 40C is “accelerating at pace”, in a study published in Weather journal.