The Met Office forecast details a pleasant transition as high pressure is to move eastwards towards the UK from the Pacific Ocean – and it’ll have a marked impact on our weather
Brits are finally going to enjoy the glorious arrival of spring – as temperatures are set to exceed 20C.
A band of high pressure will move eastwards across the country, sending the mercury soaring. Forecasters say the warmest places are somewhat surprising – as they have been some of the coldest in the winter. Aberdeenshire is expected to be the hottest place in the whole of the UK on Friday April 4, as a beautiful 21C is anticipated.
It will be 20C widely across northern England, including Merseyside, and most of Scotland, such as West Lothian, on the same day, forecasters understand. While it will be warm and dry across southern England, Friday April 4’s hottest areas are – untypical with this jetstream – set to be northern regions.
Manchester should see 18C, those in Newcastle are expected to bask in 17C and, even in remote and rural spots across the Lake District, 16C is likely. Friday April 4 – like the rest of next week – will be dry for the whole country too, weather models indicate.
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Alex Burkill, meteorologist at the Met Office, says in a YouTube video on the service’s channel: “I think we are in pretty good agreement along with all the models that we are going to see a transition to more settled weather as we go through the first week of April… We are in pretty good agreement there is more settled weather on the way as we go through next week.”
The forecaster does not refer to specific temperatures in the video but the team at Ventusky has analysed weather models, which indicate the 21C and 20C highs next week. The meteorologists there anticipate temperatures above average for the most of the week, peaking next Friday.
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“There are strong signs for more settled weather to develop… We are going to see our weather settling down quite nicely. Most of the models in good agreement we are going to see this weather pushing in,” Mr Burkill adds in the clip.
The significant change is a transition into spring – albeit weeks after the start of the meteorological season – following an unsettled start to March. Temperatures were below average for most of the UK at the beginning of the month.
Although temperatures in some parts of the country will today be warmer than those in Greece, the UK will experience a chilly – and wet – weekend before the fresh band of high pressure finally arrives. Friday will be particularly showery too, with the heaviest bursts – thundery at times – expected across Wales and parts of the Midlands.
