London weather: Capital set for more hot weather but forecasters warn of thunderstorms

Heatwave: more warm weather is on the cards
Jonathan Brady/PA
Hannah Al-Othman8 August 2016

The UK is in for a fortnight-long spell of hot summer weather when a heatwave sweeps in towards the end of this week.

Dry, bright, and sunny conditions are expected as warm weather blows in from the continent to bring two weeks of temperatures in the mid to high 20s.

However, forcasters have warned that thunderstorms are also on their way when the hot weather arrives.

Temperatures are predicted to reach 24C by Friday, and by Monday the mercury is set to rise as far as 27C, with the capital due to start next week under bright and sunny skies.

The warm weather is predicted to last until late August, with forecasters saying they are expecting the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of the month to be warm.

Meteorologists from Weather Outlook said incoming high pressure and continental heat in August means temperatures are predicted to beat July's hottest day, when 33.5C was recorded at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

Hot weather in London - July 2016

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However, for those living in the north of the UK the news is less good, as they will first see a cold snap, brought about by Arctic air sweeping in and bringing cool winds.

Forecasters have said August snow may even fall early this week in the Scottish mountains.

A Weather Outlook spokesman said: "Maximum temperatures will be lower than recent days as cooler air originating in the Arctic pushes down from the northwest.

"Through the second half of the week high pressure is expected to build from the south west bringing the likelihood of drier and warmer conditions.

"On Thursday and Friday the north probably remains under a changeable Atlantic flow, but the south should be mostly fine.

"Through the weekend the settled and warm weather should gradually spread northwards. In the south temperatures could reach 27C by Sunday."

A Met Office spokesman added: "A north-south split to the weather is likely on Friday and into the weekend, with cloudier and windier conditions in the north and outbreaks of rain, whereas further south and east should see drier, brighter weather and lighter winds.

"Into the start of the week, there is a low chance of hot and fine weather briefly pushing in from the near continent into southern parts but also bringing a risk of thunderstorms.

"Northwestern parts should see the heaviest rain and the southeast the driest and brightest weather. Temperatures generally around normal, though likely to be rather warm at times in the south."

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