The Met Office has confirmed warmer and more humid conditions are on the way - but the scorching heatwave that Spain is currently experiencing isn't expected to hit the UK. After a cool start to spring, meteorologist Alex Deakin has confirmed that the outlook is more positive as we move into May.
Speaking in a Met Office podcast yesterday (Friday), he said: "A couple of years ago we had two bank holidays in May where actually, it was fine and sunny for pretty much all parts of the UK for almost all three days, it was pretty much unprecedented. The chances of that are pretty slim but the chances equally of it raining across the whole three days across the whole of the UK are also very slim indeed - it's never a complete washout, there's always somewhere.
"It is getting warmer, it's been a really cold week, people are a bit fed up often through April and March when it has been quite cool and showery, although overall spring isn't far off average in terms of rainfall and temperature. But we have had cooler spells and it does fell like we've had a lack of sunshine, that's been the biggest thing through April.
