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Alahna Kindred

Platinum Jubilee weekend weather forecast as temperatures set to soar

The upcoming Platinum Jubilee weekend is set to bring dry weather for most as millions across the country prepare for festivities.

Towards the Platinum Jubilee weekend, conditions are expected to become more settled and drier with “above-average temperatures, particularly in the south and southeast”, according to the Met Office.

These conditions are expected to persist as we move through the beginning of June.

In the long-range forecast, the Met Office writes: "Into the following week, the weather is likely to become more settled, with any few showers most likely to be seen in the north and east, where it may feel fresher and cooler.

"This means above-average temperatures away from the north and east, with drier conditions expected for most. As we move into the beginning of June, drier than average conditions are expected to persist overall."

It should be sunny and dry for the Jubilee weekend, experts believe (Getty Images)

Sarah Kent, a Met Office meteorologist, told The Mirror that it's too soon to know what will happen.

She explained there are two pressure systems - a high-pressure system to the west of the UK and a low-pressure system to the East.

She said: "The first half of this weekend will be settled and from Sunday onwards we will pick up slightly cooler northerly winds

"It could bring some showers or patchy rain from Monday and Tuesday next week."

It isn't clear which system will come across the UK over the Jubilee weekend, but they'll bring vastly different conditions, Ms Kent added.

Forecasters expect a warm weekend for the monarch's big day (PA)

She said: "Next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday it will be a balance of the two pressure systems.

"If the high-pressure system drifts over then there will be a good deal of dry weather.

"In the east of the UK, there could be more unsettled wet conditions at the time of low pressure."

Ms Kent added: "This balancing act does continue into Saturday and Sunday.

"The high pressure could topple and we could see lovely weather."

Bookies have alarmingly even cut the odds of it being the hottest June on record, from 5/1 to just 2/1.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "A record-breaking hot June will more than make up for what looks set to be a miserable end to May, and the odds suggest that's exactly what we could have."

Record breaking weather is set to happen more and more frequently as the effects of climate change are felt across the world.

India is currently enduring its hottest spring in at least 122 years with temperatures reaching a terrifying 47C in New Delhi.

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