Britain ‘hotter than Egypt’ as temperatures soar to 27C for warmest day of the 12 months
Humid heat from Spain will send temperatures soaring in the UK on Friday to as high as 27C in some parts. But the Bank Holiday weekend will also see plenty of rain too
The Bank Holiday could be a bit of a washout, however(Image: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock)
Britain will be hotter than Egypt as a 400 mile-wide ‘Spanish plume’ brings the 27C hottest day of the year on Friday (May 1).
Humid heat from Spain will see the 23C temperatures on Thursday (April 30) jump to nudge 27C – 11C above average – in the sun-baked region of the South-East. And it means that the UK will be even hotter than Alexandria in Egypt, where it is 25C.
Even the north of the country will see temperatures as high as 23C. However there will also be plenty of rain around over the Bank Holiday, with thunder and lightning also predicted.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: “Friday will be very warm and could reach 27C to be hottest day of the year so far. The Bank Holiday weekend looks mixed, with some rain and possibly more thundery showers, but also sunny spells.”
A Met Office forecaster added: “Showers in the West will spread north, with thundery bursts. It will feel humid through the Bank Holiday weekend, with unsettled weather seeing showers but also brighter interludes.”
The current hottest day of the year was April 8, where it reached 26.6C at Kew Gardens in London.
BBC weather also said there would be “a promising start to the May Bank Holiday weekend with temperatures rising for the Friday getaway“.
There’s further good news for sun worshippers next week as forecasters predict that “many areas” will enjoy a “good deal of dry weather” from May 5 to May 14. But the Met Office also said that, “we are unlikely to see a return of the completely dry and warm weather we have see in recent days, with clear or sunny periods and showers more likely”.
It added: “Toward the latter part of the period a trend toward more changeable weather is favoured although there should still be some drier intervals. Overall temperatures likely close to or a little below average at first, especially in the north, then returning close to average or rather warm later.”
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