Temperatures across the UK are expected to rise to highs of 27°C this week, but northern parts of the country may be hit by “torrential downpours” on Thursday and Friday.
Parts of the UK will enjoy warmer weather than is usual for this time of year when the temperature is typically 19°C.
But the Met Office has warned that the conditions will remain “mixed”, with those in the north of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland missing out on the balmy summer temperatures expected in the south.
The Met Office said: “While there will be pleasant and fine weather, the warm air is expected to trigger thunderstorms and heavy downpours, both on Wednesday night into Thursday and again later on Friday.
“Some areas could see some torrential downpours and strong winds associated with the thunderstorms and weather warning may well be issued as the details become clearer”.
Meteorologist Craig Snell said it will be “pretty changeable” over the next few days, adding that the Met Office is “keeping an eye on the risk of some thunderstorms developing”.
Outbreaks of rain in the north of England and Scotland will start this evening, although temperatures will then climb throughout the week, reaching highs of 22°C in Edinburgh and Glasgow on Wednesday.
From Thursday, however, rain clouds are expected to sweep across Northern Ireland and through the west coast of Scotland, with Newcastle, Manchester, and Sheffield also experiencing the wet weather.
The thunderstorms follow rain that has hit in the last couple of weeks. Until mid-May, the UK was on track to record its driest spring in 100 years.
There was just 128.2mm of rainfall, making May 2025 the driest spring in more than 50 years. It was also the warmest spring since records began in 1884.
The chance of thunderstorms this week has been triggered by a plume of warm air from Iberia and France.
Mr Snell said: “After Wednesday, we start to draw up some very warm and humid air from Iberia and France, and that will make it quite humid across much of the UK and that humidity will potentially spark off some thunderstorms”
He added: “From late Wednesday and especially into Thursday, we start to see the risk of some thunderstorms around and that will continue as we go through Thursday and Friday and potentially into Saturday as well”.
Temperatures will continue to rise into the latter part of the week, leading to greater humidity, the forecaster warned.
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Most of the UK will experience temperatures in the late teens and early twenties, but London will reach highs of 27°C on Friday, as will Cambridge and Maidstone.
The Met Office also forecasts that in Peterborough, Chelmsford, Lincoln, and Newark-on-Trent, temperatures will soar to 26°C.
Meanwhile, parts of Essex and cities in the north of England, including York and Leeds, will also enjoy the warmer weather.
Mr Snell said: “By the time we get to midweek, it will feel very different out there, with quite humid night times also becoming a good deal warmer than what we have been experiencing over the last couple of nights, so probably borderline uncomfortable for some people by day”.
The Met Office said: “While there will be varying degrees of cloud cover across the UK, temperatures will build through the week.
“It is possible heatwave thresholds could be reached in some small areas of the Midlands, north-west England and north-east Wales, however, it is very dependent on cloud cover later this week, so it is not a certainty. It is unlikely we will see widespread heatwave conditions”.
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