The Met Office has forecast 'great conditions' for the last week of spring, but poured scorn on reports claiming there could be intense heat. The area of high pressure which has brought fine conditions across the UK over the last few days is forecast to extend out toward the end of the month.
Media speculation has concentrated on a plume of intense heat coming to the UK from southern Europe or even North Africa, but the Met Office says this won't be the case. With high pressure conditions settling in for the coming week, the warmth we will experience will be home grown as clear skies will allow more of the May sunshine to reach ground level, gradually raising temperatures to expected highs of 25°C for a day or two later this week.
Neil Armstong, Met Office Chief Forecaster, said: “If you have heard media hyperbole that a heatwave driven by an African plume will bring intense heat to the UK in the next few days you are going to be disappointed – this isn’t true. However, if you are looking forward to a spell of largely fine, sunny and warm conditions across the majority of the UK, then you are going to be in luck.”
