UK weather: Met Office reveals Bank holiday weekend forecast – as rain warning & cooler temps dampen spirits this week
WEATHER forecasts for the coming bank holiday weekend have been revealed while Britain is set for a few days of misery this week.
Today will see sunny spells and scattered showers in the southeast, while to northwest of the country will endure “frequent and heavy” showers, according to the Met Office.
Several places in the south will stay dry and warm, while parts of the north in particular will “turn windy”, forecasters warned.
Tonight will see “blustery showers continuing for a time” in the north, gradually easing through the night.
Other parts of the country will be dry with clear skies, turning chilly.
Wednesday will be “largely fine” in the south with some hazy sunshine, the Met Office says, with rain moving in further north, turning heavy in western Scotland.
Winds will be “strengthening”, and it will be “rather windy” in the north, forecasters warn.
There are also yellow weather rain warnings in place for Wednesday and Thursday – covering much of the western Scottish coast.
There is a slight chance of power cuts and flooding in the affected areas.
Thursday and Friday will see spells of heavy rain, particularly in the north, with strong winds to boot – but these will ease a little into the weekend, the Met Office says.
Getting into the bank holiday weekend, Saturday will see sunshine and scattered showers, which might be “heavy and thundery for a time”.
Sunday will likely be more “settled”, but later on, likely late Sunday or early Monday, another weather front is expected to move in from the Atlantic, bringing rain and wind.
Weather fronts are set to bring the heaviest rain across northern and western hills of Scotland and Northern Ireland, then weakening as these fronts move southeast, further into England and Wales.
The rest of the month, including bank holiday Monday, is signalled to maintain the northwest-southeast split, but with settled weather in the south and east perhaps becoming more extensive across the country later.
Speaking about the bank holiday weekend weather, a Met Office spokesperson told Express.co.uk: “It’s too early to be definitive about the long-range forecast, but what we can see is that temperatures are likely to be around average.
“Much depends on the meteorological conditions on the day.
“The main thing to keep an eye on is the rainfall next Thursday, mainly in Northern Ireland, northern England and western Scotland.
“The signals are more subdued, there’s much more uncertainty looking ahead. The long rain signals unsettled interludes and showers, with the Northwest more likely to see frequent rainfall.”