London could be basking in temperatures in the 30s by the end of next week, according to the Met Office.
The nationâs weather is already a mixed bag and forecasters are expecting more of the same in the coming week too.
đ The strongest winds will begin to ease over Scotland through Saturday evening
đ§ď¸ Though scattered showers continuing for a time across northern areas
đ A fine evening in the south, with some late sunshine pic.twitter.com/8Cd3ei3WvR
â Met Office (@metoffice) June 11, 2022
Looking at the divided weather picture currently being experienced in the UK, Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said there is a âlot of sunshine around to help to keep things feeling pretty warmâ in the south of England, as temperatures reached about 23C in the Greater London area on Saturday afternoon.
But he added: âIf we take a look further north-west though it is quite a different story, so western areas of Scotland and Northern Ireland are much cloudier today and we are actually seeing some very unseasonably strong winds.
âIt is the eastern side of Scotland that has sort of been pushing towards the high teens mark in terms of their temperature, just seeing a few more drier and brighter spells.â
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The Met Office had warned that ex-tropical Storm Alex would cause strong winds and showers in some areas.
Mr Vautrey said: âWe will sort of continue slightly with this north/west south/east split into next week as well, so we have high pressure building into the south which will allow things to stay relatively settled.
âAs we move into the end of the week, thatâs when we are starting to pick up the signal for the potential for some significant heat to come up from the south.â
He said this was âstill a fair way off at the momentâ, so there is is still some uncertainty.
Mr Vautrey said: âThere is a signal in that the heat we have currently got over Spain â I believe they are experiencing rather high temperatures at the moment â could edge its way northwards to south-eastern areas of the UK, at least for the end of the week.
âSo at the moment, the model wants to take us up to mid-20s by the middle of the week and then potentially into low 30s for Friday, which would be the warmest conditions we have seen over the course of this year so far.â
The Met Officeâs highest recorded temperature for the UK this year was 27.5C at Heathrow in Hillingdon, west London, on May 17.
London and the South East are set to enjoy the âhottest of the weatherâ because the high-pressure is not extending across the whole of the country, which will keep thing âcooler in northern areasâ, but they âwill probably still see a gradual increase in temperaturesâ, Mr Vautrey concluded.
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