For those of us lamenting the not-particularly-summery summer we just had, a burst of warmer weather is on its way.
But don’t bother getting the sun lounger out because that warmth is set to be accompanied by rain.
Following a cold and blustery weekend, parts of the UK could see a 10°C increase in temperatures as a short period of warmer weather is forecast for the middle of this week.
But hopes for an Indian summer have been dampened as Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan predicts that better weather will be replaced with wet and windy conditions.
So far it’s looking like Monday and Tuesday will be pretty wet, with rain starting off in the south west before moving steadily northwards.
Thunderstorms could arrive on Tuesday, and some areas along the western coastal parts of the UK could see up to 70mm of rainfall, BBC Weather said.
But from Wednesday, East Anglia and the south east of England are predicted to see temperatures of up to 22°C.
Tom explained: ‘Temperatures are going to rise gradually, peaking probably on Wednesday in eastern areas, and we might well see in some spots 20°C, and 22°C is not out of question, probably in eastern England – so East Anglia down towards the south east.
‘It’s possible we could exceed 20°C in London but the peak temperatures might well be up towards the home counties and up to Cambridgeshire.
‘Some places will be 10°C warmer because Sunday was a very chilly day for early October, so the main theme for this week that it’s turning much milder for all.’
It’s predicted there’ll be a ‘stark contrast’ between Wednesday’s warmer temperatures and the chill we felt this weekend, with frost overnight in some areas.
That warmth will be accompanied by rain, however, with plenty of rain and stronger winds predicted in the west and Wales especially.
Currently Thursday is looking like ‘not too bad a day’, with the possibility of dry, sunny spells with just a few scattered showers in the west.
But the rest of the country is expected to see strong winds and a band of heavy rain pushing eastwards on Friday, leading to a ‘pretty unsettled’ weekend.
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