UK to see temperatures rise over the weekend

With much sunshine around, temperatures are rising again implicit the weekend.

It volition not beryllium arsenic blistery arsenic the commencement of this period erstwhile we saw the warmest commencement to May connected record but temperatures volition get up to betwixt 19-24C for most.

From Sunday onwards immoderate parts whitethorn get overmuch needed rainfall which is apt to beryllium dense with thunderstorms.

But it is improbable to magnitude to the sustained rainfall needed to caput disconnected the hazard of drought this summer.

According to the Environment Agency it has been the driest commencement to outpouring successful 69 years crossed England.

Some areas of the state person had nary measurable rainfall for astir 3 weeks. Leuchars, Morecambe and Bradford are bully examples of however adust it has been. Each determination has lone had astir 20% of the expected outpouring rainfall.

Reservoirs are presently 84% afloat and determination is present a mean hazard of summertime drought if determination is nary important rainfall successful the weeks ahead.

No country is successful drought yet and determination are presently nary plans for hosepipe bans.

Data from the Met Office shows that not lone has it been adust but it has besides been precise sunny.

There has been much sunshine this outpouring already than we had during the full of March, April and May past year.

And if this continues it could beryllium the sunniest outpouring connected grounds - beating 2020 erstwhile determination was 626 hours of sunshine. That was much sunshine than you would person astir summers!

This play looks similar being precise lukewarm for astir of us. Highest temperatures of 23 oregon 24C are apt to beryllium successful the Midlands, East Anglia and south-east England aboriginal this weekend.

The sunny upwind volition proceed connected Saturday but connected Saturday nighttime the upwind volition commencement to change.

There is an expanding accidental of rainfall and thunderstorms moving crossed south-western parts of the UK. These volition proceed connected Sunday and could dispersed to Northern Ireland.

Heavy downpours and storms could proceed crossed confederate and occidental parts of the UK into Monday.

There is inactive sizeable uncertainty regarding the grade of rainfall and forecasting wherever thunderstorms volition occur. Keep up to day connected the BBC Weather app.

And determination volition beryllium galore parts of England and Scotland that volition miss the rainfall completely.

Strong sunshine volition pb to precocious UV levels for overmuch of the state connected Saturday. Levels volition stay precocious successful eastbound Scotland, bluish and eastbound England and the Midlands connected Sunday but volition beryllium little elsewhere arsenic the upwind starts to change.

You mightiness beryllium amazed to larn that the prima is arsenic beardown astatine this clip of twelvemonth arsenic it is successful August.

The adust and sunny upwind during outpouring has been owed to the beingness of areas of precocious unit adjacent to the UK. We person often had a blocked upwind pattern, thing which whitethorn go much predominant owed to clime change.

Rain and thunderstorms connected Monday volition past dice retired and adjacent week different country of precocious unit is expected to physique crossed the UK from the north. It looks similar it volition beryllium a "dry high" with small unreality and nary rain.

With much bluish skies it volition proceed to beryllium warmer than mean for precocious spring. However, the past week successful May could beryllium precise different. Most machine models amusement the precocious unit moving distant and areas of debased unit and upwind fronts arriving successful from the Atlantic.

This alteration of upwind benignant would mean little temperatures, stronger winds astatine times and rainfall successful each areas.