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| UK weather: Britain faces thunderstorms as Bank Holiday weekend approaches | |
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| The UK has spent the weekend basking in high temperatures and glorious sunshine - but the heat wave is set to broken by a series of thunderstorms over the next few days. | The UK has spent the weekend basking in high temperatures and glorious sunshine - but the heat wave is set to broken by a series of thunderstorms over the next few days. |
| While most of the country is set to continue to enjoy the summery weather throughout Monday, rain and showers are expected in western parts. | While most of the country is set to continue to enjoy the summery weather throughout Monday, rain and showers are expected in western parts. |
| Scattered thundery showers are forecast for the evening, continuing throughout the night in the southwest. | Scattered thundery showers are forecast for the evening, continuing throughout the night in the southwest. |
| The rain is due to spread to northern Wales and central and northern England on Tuesday, before hitting the northwest and southeast on Wednesday. | The rain is due to spread to northern Wales and central and northern England on Tuesday, before hitting the northwest and southeast on Wednesday. |
| Temperatures over the weekend soared to highs of 24.5C in central London - hotter than in many Mediterranean holiday destinations - and Britons dusted off their flip-flops and shorts and flocked to beaches and pub gardens. | Temperatures over the weekend soared to highs of 24.5C in central London - hotter than in many Mediterranean holiday destinations - and Britons dusted off their flip-flops and shorts and flocked to beaches and pub gardens. |
| But it’s a case of making hay while the sun shines because Thursday and Friday will see showers and longer spells of rain throughout the country, continuing right through the Bank Holiday weekend. | But it’s a case of making hay while the sun shines because Thursday and Friday will see showers and longer spells of rain throughout the country, continuing right through the Bank Holiday weekend. |
| Charlie Powell, a meteorologist at the Met Office said: “The weather is becoming more unsettled and that’s due to low pressure over the next few days. | Charlie Powell, a meteorologist at the Met Office said: “The weather is becoming more unsettled and that’s due to low pressure over the next few days. |
| “We already have a very weak front of cloud in the west of the UK and that will move eastwards bit by bit as pressure moves from the southwest. | “We already have a very weak front of cloud in the west of the UK and that will move eastwards bit by bit as pressure moves from the southwest. |
| “We will see a much more mobile pattern of weather as the UK is stuck between this low pressure coming in from the west and high pressure coming in from Europe in the east.” | “We will see a much more mobile pattern of weather as the UK is stuck between this low pressure coming in from the west and high pressure coming in from Europe in the east.” |