The Met Office has warned the UK's current wave of sunshine could end as early as this weekend as Storm Oscar sweeps its way through Europe. The storm, which has been named by the Spanish meteorological service, is bringing heavy rain to parts of the Canary Islands and will soon bring a wave of low pressure to the UK.
From the Canaries, the storm is set to move northwards, racing across the Atlantic Ocean and marking an end to the weeks of sunny weather seen recently. While the rest of the UK is unlikely to see rain as a result of this wave of low pressure, the South West could see thunderstorms as a result.
Posting to Twitter, the Met Office said: "Storm Oscar is currently bringing heavy rain to parts of the Canaries. This area of low pressure will move northwards, leading to a change with our weather this weekend. Increasing heat and humidity drawn up from the near continent will lead to heavy showers and thunderstorms."
