Britain will be hotter than the Mediterranean as a 26C 10-day ‘Indian simmer’ sees a 600-mile-wide heat dome bring sweat-tembers this week.
After last week’s shiver, summer will go out in a sunny blaze of glory, with heat forecast to last beyond the official start of autumn on next Sunday’s Equinox.
A high-pressure dome sees clear skies and dry conditions due for most from today, Monday, September 16, with 22C highs climbing as the Met Office said 25C is possible by Wednesday, and up to 26C on Thursday.
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Temperatures nudging 25C daily will continue for the weekend, with the first half of next week also topping 20C.
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Even the North is set for 23C this week. Britain will be hotter than Marseille, France, as its due to reach 22C in midweek.
Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna said: “Summer isn’t over. High pressure and higher temperatures are on the way.” Whereas Netweather forecaster Nick Finnis said: “After chills, it will warm up into the 20s again, with sunny weather for most.”
Next week will see showers edge into the South, but the North will stay mainly dry.
However, following this, the summer fun is reportedly coming to an abrupt end, according to a new UK cold weather map.
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Forecast data – collected by wxcharts.com – shows the warmer weather millions of Brits have been enjoying over the last few months is to be replaced by an Arctic blast as we move into the darker nights.
The low temperatures, set to take hold of the country towards the end of this month, are a stark contrast to the balmy conditions predicted for this week.
If the map is correct, the mercury will drop as low as 1C in Aberdeenshire and other areas along Scotland’s eastern coast. Whereas everywhere else in the country will have to deal with temperatures under 10C come early on Wednesday, September 25.
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It’ll be slightly warmer further south, with lows of 9C in an area around the South Downs National Park on the south coast of England, while the areas around London are forecast for 6C at the bottom end.
Areas including a patch of the country southeast of Bath, Gloucester, Cheltenham and between those cities and Oxford could also drop only as low as 7C.
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Most of England and Wales will see minimum temperatures of around 2-8C. In Northern Ireland, temperatures are expected to be between 6 and 8C.
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