The Met Office has given freezing Britain slight hope of an improvement in weather - but before that happens there’s a good change thunderstorms will swoop in. There have been reports of a ‘heatwave’ coming soon, but the Met Office was very clear that by the end of next week temperatures will be on the rise - but nothing like that much.
Met Office forecaster Annie Shuttleworth warned that this weekend will see some very heavy downpours and explained that the reason it’s been so cold this week is because we’ve had a northerly wind direction and quite a cold air mass.”She said the arrival of low pressure moving from the south up the country would mean some heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday for many.
On Saturday the Met Office says many areas, especially in the south will get more than 10mm of rain which could push up into parts of Wales and northern England and added there was the risk of thunderstorms on the afternoon across the south.
On Sunday she said: “On Sunday that risk is much greater and much wider spread for that heavier rain. We’ve got a high probability that much of Wales, northern England and southern England will see that heavier rain, and for the south east with that low pressure there is a thunderstorm risk.”
She said there would be a colder start on Monday, but low pressure anchoring to the south west into Tuesday would potentially lead to a southerly wind direction forming,drawing warmer air up. She said: “Temperatures will continue to rise to average if not a bit above average for the start of next week.”
Middle if the week will see temperature of around 13.5C and rain showers, with heavier downpours in the south, turning dryer towards the end of the week. However she said that it could get warmer: “We could see temperatures closer to 20C in some southern areas later on next week as we see some of that sunshine and I think temperatures will just be a bit more pleasant and certainly the night-time temperatures escaping the risk of frost we have had through this week.”
