Weather maps present when UK’s subsequent heatwave is coming – ’30C cannot be dominated out’

Britain could be set to bake in a scorching 30C in just a few weeks time, an expert has claimed.

The mercury has been rising slowly over the last week or so, topping 23C in some parts of the country before an unholy downpour cooled things off – mainly in the north.

According to an expert, backed up by new long-term weather maps, the heat is set to return and will be hotter than before.

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OpenWeatherMap shows the entire country bathed in a yellow hue from the start of next week, with Exacta Weather’s resident expert James Madden confirming that with his latest analysis.

He said: “Some of the main third-party computer models are now becoming more popular in recognition of the high pressure that rises across our shores throughout next week. This is now likely to bring at least another several days of warm to hot conditions and could initially see temperatures rising into the mid to high 20s quite widely, and 30C or more can’t be entirely ruled out in the hottest spots and for the first time this year.

“Additionally, there are also some very extreme runs for heat coming through for this final third of this month and into early June, and this particular period and weather scenario for a heatwave is something we have been covering for these exact dates over the past several months in our spring forecast and over the past several weeks in our summer forecast for around early June.

“We should be in full recognition of these high pressure rises across the UK and Ireland with some good cross-model agreement on this, which looks to be perfectly primed for arrival during next week and in time for the spring Bank Holiday weekend and to begin the meteorological summer and June at present.”

So far, Saturday was the hottest day of the year with temperatures as high as 25.9C recorded in Herstmonceux, East Sussex. It also reached around 25.7C in Cassley, northern Scotland – but both of those records could be smashed next week.

Madden added that it would “turn settled and much warmer to hot from in and around next weekend and into the final third of May”.

However, not to dampen the party, the Met Office hinted that June could see some rain return, claiming that the chances of above and below average rainfall “are evenly balanced”.

Their latest long-term forecast states: “There is a slightly higher likelihood of above average temperatures compared with below average temperatures, such that the chance of hot spells, although still very small, is slightly higher than normal too.

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