The UK weather forecast shows warm weather with temperatures reaching 27C in London and East Anglia today- hotter than Hawaii – before bank holiday conditions take a dramatic turn
Parts of the UK could be hotter than Hawaii today, yet forecasters have cautioned that heavy rain and thunder remain possible, with increasingly unsettled weather expected across the bank holiday weekend.
Temperatures could climb to 27C in London and East Anglia at the end of the working week, according to the Met Office. That would make today the hottest day of the year so far — warmer even than Honolulu, the Hawaiian capital, where highs of just 26C are predicted.
Met Office meteorologist Simon Partridge told the Press Association: “We’ve got some very warm, humid air coming up from the south. That means we will see some very warm weather, particularly in the east and the South East, because there we’ll see the best of the sunshine. Unfortunately, it doesn’t mean everybody’s going to get a warm, dry, beautiful day.”
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Cloud lingering over the central spine of the UK, stretching from Scotland through the Pennines and into the Midlands, could trigger heavy downpours on Friday. “Certainly the odd rumble of thunder is possible there, particularly over the Midlands,” Mr Partridge said.
Today’s peak temperatures in London and the South East will sit around 10C above the seasonal average of 15 to 17C, the Met Office confirmed.
Meanwhile, Cardiff could outstrip Athens, where forecasters are anticipating a high of just 14C today — a full 5C below the expected maximum in the Welsh capital. The balmy temperatures still fall short of the record April high of 29.4C, which was logged at Camden Square in central London back in 1949, according to Met Office records.
However, the May Day bank holiday weekend is set to be “a different story” though, with unsettled conditions expected to sweep across the UK. Mr Partridge. said: “The weekend is a bit of a different story, really. There will be some bright spells in there as well on Saturday, but there will also be showers, particularly across northern and western parts of the UK.”
Rainfall is anticipated nationwide on Sunday, with temperatures continuing to dip back towards typical April levels.
“By the time we get to Monday, we’re actually going to see temperatures roughly where they should be for this time of year,” Mr Partridge said. “We’re looking at elevens and twelves (degrees Celsius) in the north and fifteens and sixteens in the south, so it will feel quite fresh and chilly compared to what we’ve had.”
