Scots may need to swap their suncream for an umbrella soon as the heatwave will make way for rain downpours, forecasters have warned.
Forecasters have predicted that the high mercury we've been seeing lately will give way to widespread rain and a drop of up to 10C in temperature.
This is due to Atlantic winds circulating over the country, with the west and north of Scotland likely to see the most of the rain. But for the next few days, temperatures are still set to remain relatively high.
The Mirror reports that Jim Dale, founder and senior meteorological consultant at British Weather Services, told Express.co.uk that the scorching temperatures were all about to change.
He said: "We’ve got another three or four days now. Saturday [June 17] is likely the last day."
It's expected that Northern Ireland will be hit by the downpour first.
Jim added: "We’ve just had a showery period through hot weather, but it retained its heat. Instead, this one will knock the heat on the head.
"It’ll still be warm and humid, but the rain is coming. It’ll start on Saturday and it won’t go anywhere for a week.
"People will be dodging the bullets. That's the bottom line here. There'll be dodging the bullets that are going to come Saturday onwards."
The rain won't hit the whole of the UK at first, but Scots will definitely see a change in weather compared to what's been going on recently.
Jim continued: "We’re going to start taking in the Atlantic systems a little bit more, dragging up air from the south west. This means showers. People will need to be carrying brollies and macs."
He said that by June 23, it’ll have been wet down the west of the country - referring to Wales, Northern Ireland, Western Scotland, and part of the West Midlands.
"The temperature will become subdued. It will remain relatively warm - in the 23s and 24s down in the southeast, and much cooler in the north of Scotland at 14s and 15s.
He suggested this cooler period would likely continue until June 24, and there was "still plenty of time" for scorching weather to return.
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