The hottest Mother’s Day on record is set to see sizzling temperatures across the UK today (March 30), with a ‘subtropical surge’ making the UK hotter than Greece
Mamma mia! British Summer Time will start with a sizzle as a 400 mile-wide ‘subtropical surge’ brings balmy 19C (68F) heat hotter than Greece as today (Sun) pushes the warmest Mother’s Day on record.
A bumper 12 hours’ sunshine is due today (Sun) for millions as warm air – shown on a weather map – shunts away chilly Arctic breezes and showers. It means glorious conditions for family lunches and walks in the park.
Britain will be hotter than Greece, setting for the Mamma Mia musical, with 19C here – 8C above normal – but just 17C in rainy Kefalonia. It is set to be one of the warmest Mother’s Days on record. The warmest Mothering Sunday in the past 25 years was 20.9C in 2014, Met Office records show.
And week of sunshine follows as forecasters said it could get even hotter.
Channel 4 weatherman Liam Dutton said: “After cool conditions, it will turn warmer, with dry and fine weather on the way into next week as high pressure takes hold. Temperatures next week are likely to reach over 20C.”
Skygazers gathered across the UK to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse.
The phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. The three are not completely aligned, so only part of the Sun is obscured.
The eclipse peaked in London at around 11am on Saturday and was visible in parts of the country from between around 10am and noon.
But it won’t be fun and games for all mums, as ‘Britain’s most inked mum’ recently revealed that she’s hiding away this Mother’s Day as she’s worried she’ll give fellow parents a huge fright.
Sporting more than 800 tats, Melissa Sloan is covered from head to toe in eye-catching designs that seem to draw stares whenever she steps out.
“People stare at me whenever I leave the house, and they always move out of the way if they pass me in the streets. It’s crazy.
“I’m used to it by now, but going out for meals makes it even worse. I’m worried that one day people will actually leave the restaurant because of the way I look.”
Her brood used to quiz her about the constant eyeballing as they grew up accustomed to Melissa’s heavily inked face.