UK Weather Forecast: Met Office Predicts Highs Of 30C This Week

It's not technically a heatwave.

If you were thinking of packing away your warm weather togs, hold fire – because there will be more opportunities to flash your pallid flesh this week.

Meteorologists predict Wednesday and Friday will both be scorchers, with highs of 30C expected for parts of England and Wales

However, Thursday is set to feature thundery showers... boo!

Heading out this afternoon? A three way split: sunny spells in the far north, cool and wet for some, warm sunshine in the south ☀️ 🌧️ ☀️ pic.twitter.com/cH3RbtGIlA

— Met Office (@metoffice) July 4, 2017

Mark Wilson, a meteorologist from the Met Office, said: “It’s going to be pretty warm across the south. We could see highs of 28C by Wednesday.”

And the “bulk of central and southern England and all of Wales” are due to get hotter before the end of the working week.

But the heat will not last long, as the same areas could be in for thundery showers on Thursday, before temperatures cool into the weekend.

A yellow severe weather warning for #rain has been issued: https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs Stay #weatheraware @metofficeuk pic.twitter.com/8jYTG0z2OZ

— Met Office (@metoffice) July 4, 2017

However, Friday also has the potential to be another hot day, and temperatures could reach highs of 30C in the south-east.

But it is not technically a heatwave in the eyes of the Met Office, as the high temperatures will not last long.

This sudden temperature rise is due to hot weather in Europe and high pressure in the UK.

Wilson said the increase was down to “high pressure dragging in some of the warm air from the continent”.

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