Brit sunseekers may be able to enjoy temperatures touching 30C this weekend as the mercury rises notably over the coming days.
It has been a chilly start to the week in many areas of the UK, especially in the mornings, and below average for the time of the year, due to a low pressure system.
But gradually it will warm up this week as a high pressure front takes control and it should get hot, especially for the south of the country with the possibility of it reaching 30C.
And the outlook for mid July is for even warmer weather as charts show that the UK may have temperatures in the mid 30Cs.
Looking to today, BBC weather forecaster Susan Powell said that it will already start to feel warmer with highs of 25C.
“We have some warmer weather to come for the UK in the days ahead, notably warmer for England and Wales,” said Ms Powell.
“It was a pretty chilly start to Tuesday, it is going to be a much milder start to Wednesday. We start as we mean to go on … an area of high pressure all the way from the Azores, so through the night we are actually going to be pulling in mild air all the while on a north westerly breeze behind a warm weather front.
"And that weather front will bring some quite heavy rain for a time for Scotland and then some persistent but lighter rain sets in across western Scotland during the day on Wednesday, perhaps just fringing into northern parts of England as well.
"Northern Ireland hopefully brightening up as the day goes on, best of the sunshine will be across England and Wales but 20C in Aberdeen is up on the highs that we saw earlier in the week and I think we will see 24C or 25C in the south east of England.”
Then Thursday will see the “warmth building in the sunshine across England and Wales,” said Ms Powell while in Scotland and Northern Ireland it will be cooler due to cloud cover.
“The really high temperatures, the significantly above average temperatures are always likely to be in the south across England and Wales,” she said.
Adding: "I think on Sunday we could see some where in eastern England nudging close to 30C."
Maps from WXCharts for the weekend also show temperatures for central and southern England around the 30C mark.
UK forecast for the next 5 days
Spells of rain in the northwest. Elsewhere fine and dry.
Today:
Cloudy in the northwest with occasional rain at times, especially northwest Scotland where some persistent rain is expected this morning. Elsewhere mostly dry and fine with warm sunny spells, best of the sunshine in the south. Windy in the north.
Tonight:
Variable, often large amounts of cloud with the best of any clear skies in the south and east. Some patchy light rain possible in places. Mild especially in the south.
Thursday:
Some patchy rain for the far north and northwest. Elsewhere dry with good sunny spells developing away from cloudier northern and western coasts by afternoon. Feeling very warm in sunshine.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Often cloudy and rather cool in the northwest with rain at times, most likely across northwest Scotland. Dry and warm elsewhere with variable cloud and sunny periods.
