After weeks of grey skies and arctic blasts, which have brought frosty nights and sleet or snow showers, frozen Britain will thaw out at the weekend as temperatures finally hit double figures
Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham might want to eye up a weekend back home in Brum with February weather this warm. Winter-weary Brits will bask in balmy Mediterranean temperatures this week as a “subtropical surge” means the UK will be as hot as Madrid and Rome.
Grey skies and chilly temperatures have dominated the country’s weather in recent days, bringing frosty nights and sleet or snow showers.
But gloomy weather of the past week is finally set to be replaced with sun and temperatures are expected to hit highs of 17C by Friday in some parts, the same as the Spanish capital.
Rome, meanwhile, is expected to see highs of 16C, meaning it will be warmer in parts of South East England.
A yellow warning for snow and ice is in place in Scotland and Northern Ireland for Tuesday and the Met Office’s Tony Wisson warned we’re set to experience wetter conditions with showers from Wednesday to Friday.
But he added: “There will be brighter and sunnier spells in between bands of rain. With temperatures possibly as high as 16°C on Thursday and Friday, it will feel much more spring-like than of late.”
It comes after an “anticyclonic gloom”, caused by a high-pressure system, has meant some areas have not sun for more than a week.
Monday was colder than Iceland, with 4C highs in the north feeling like just 1C, and 6C in the south.
But experts say the mercury will soon rise to well above February’s average, which is 9C in southern England and 6C in Scotland.
And the weekend is set to bring mild temperatures and sunny spells interspersed with showers, and gales in some coastal areas.
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