The Met Office has confirmed that while temperatures will rise across the UK in the coming days, it won't be as 'intense' as many expect.
Forecasters said that a so-called concentrated plume of 'intense heat' coming to the UK from southern Europe or North Africa will not result in dramatically high temperatures. It clarified that the temperature increases later on in the week will be 'home grown' and see levels of roughly 25C.
This will result in settled weather and dry sunny conditions in many areas. In Manchester, the Met Office said temperatures will reach as high as 20C in the early part of the week before dropping down slightly and increasing yet again near the end of the week.
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Neil Armstrong, Met Office Chief Forecaster, said: "If you have heard media hyperbole that a heatwave driven by an African plume will bring intense heat to the UK in the next few days you are going to be disappointed – this isn’t true. However, if you are looking forward to a spell of largely fine, sunny and warm conditions across the majority of the UK, then you are going to be in luck.”
The highest temperatures in the UK throughout the week will mostly be seen at the latter end of the week on Thursday, with temperatures of 24C or 25C most likely to be seen in parts of East Wales, West Midlands, and South West England, the Met Office reports. Meanwhile, in the South East of England where temperatures are usually high with the rest of the country, temperatures will be slightly lower due to an 'onshore breeze'.
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