The Met Office said Britain would enjoy mostly dry and sunny days after thunderstorms and lightning over the weekend. Parts of Sussex, Kent, Essex and Suffolk experienced lightning strikes as temperatures plunged into last week’s heat wave, which brought three consecutive warmer days of the year. While the peaks of the last few weeks above 32 degrees Celsius are not going to be repeated, the weather next week will be hot again with temperatures expected to peak at 28 degrees in London by Thursday. The whole of the UK can expect a “dry, nice and bright” start to the week, along with “plenty of sunshine” and temperatures as low as 20 for the first half of the week, the Met Office said. Forecaster Simon Patridge said: “After a fairly changing weekend, we expect it to calm down this week as high blood pressure develops. “This high pressure is coming from the west of the UK during the first half of the week, bringing very dry good weather to all places except the northwest.” Cloudy weather and rain are expected in the northwest, with some rain expected in the south of the United Kingdom. Temperatures will rise throughout the week and are forecast to reach mid-to-high by the twentieth by Thursday, according to the Met Ofice. Meteorologists issued a heat alert last week in London, the east of England and the south-east as temperatures approached 33 degrees Celsius. Santon Downham, in Norfolk, recorded the highest temperature of the year so far at 32.7 C on Friday. Temperatures plummeted over the weekend and the Met Office issued a rare lightning strike as the UK was hit by a “huge swarm” of storms. Weather forecast Met Office
Monday:
Nice, dry and bright with plenty of sunshine and light winds for most areas. Warmer than today, especially in the northeast. More cloudy with light rain in the northwest.
Tuesday to Thursday:
England and Wales are drying up with plenty of warm sunshine. Scotland and Northern Ireland are often more cloudy with light rain / rain at times, but some warm sunny periods also in the east.
