Temperatures are set to rise in the coming days as spring truly has sprung and the UK gets ready for its first "heatwave" of 2023.
Forecasters have previously told how the UK could be set for its first "soft heatwave" of the year, with temperatures set to reach 25C in some parts. Jim Dale, a senior meteorologist at British Weather Services said temperatures could rise from around April 15.
However, Leeds is set to hot up before then, with temperatures reaching into the late teens this week. Yorkshire has already had some sunny spells so far this month and it feels like spring (and maybe summer) could finally be on its way.
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Speaking to The Express, Mr Dale said: "We do get heatwaves in April, it does happen. It'll be a soft heatwave for the second half of April, it could get somewhere in the mid-20s pushing to May, in that general direction." He added that there is "potential for more widely unsettled and perhaps windy weather at first, before settled conditions re-establish later in the month. It is most likely that temperatures will be close to or just above average."
Here are the exact temperatures Leeds could see for the next 10 days
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Leeds is expected to see highs of 17C this week on Sunday, before temperatures continue to soar, reaching 20C on Tuesday, April 18. Forecasters at the Weather Channel are expecting temperatures to cool off throughout the rest of the week, resting at around 16C on April 22, 23 and 24.
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