New weather maps have shown that temperatures in the UK will exceed Greece at one point this coming week – before dropping more than 10C as late winter and early spring battle
Brits are set to be put through the weather ringer this week as UK temperatures skyrocket above Mediterranean highs.
The latest weather charts show that the mercury is set to surge over the next few days, approaching 20C for the first time in months after what has been a chilly week for much of the country. Thousands of people, especially those living further north, were left in “feels like” temperatures of -4C and comparable earlier this week, as the long winter sunk its claws in ahead of March.
But this weekend proved much warmer, and forecasts suggest the trend will only continue into this week – before dealing people weather whiplash with a more than 10C drop, and Met Office predicted gales.
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The latest maximum temperature maps from WXCharts show the heat turning up by this coming Wednesday, February 25. On the day, the charts show, people will wake up to around 10C; not an unusual temperature for the time of year. But just a few hours later, that will have increased to as high as 17C while Athens, in Greece, sees 16C highs.
The sizzling temperatures will primarily take the southeast, including London and parts of the Norfolk up to the local coast, and linger through the evening.
They will have calmed down slightly by nightfall, the maps suggest, with the mercury dropping back down to 10C by 12am on February 26. Over the following few days, temperatures will drift between 14C and 11C, before dropping dramatically back into the single figure range at the end of the week.
Maps suggest that by next Friday, Saturday, February 28, temperatures will dwindle to daily highs – again in the southeast of England – of just 5C to 6C. In Wales, lows will hit between 1C to 2C, and in Scotland, typically the chilliest home nation, extreme lows could freefall to -1C.
The maps overall suggest a temperature difference over just a few days of up to 15C, leaving people with a potentially unpleasant experience as late winter and early spring interact.
The Met Office long-range forecast, which covers the same period, states that the forecast could get even more dramatic at the end of February. The agency has warned in its February 27 to March 8 notice that Brits are set to be spattered by rain, and potentially gales.
The forecasters said: “Changeable with Atlantic frontal systems spreading across the UK followed by drier and brighter interludes. Rainfall will typically be heaviest in the northwest, with much less reaching sheltered eastern areas.
“Some snow is possible across high ground in the north. Winds will probably be strong at times, with a risk of gales. Temperatures are likely to be near to or slightly above average.”
