UK weather forecast latest: Heavy rain and thunderstorms set to lash Britain... before mini-heatwave returns in London and south coast

Fiona Simpson12 May 2018

London is set to be lashed with heavy rain during a washout weekend before glorious sunshine and soaring temperatures return next week.

Showers will batter the capital on Saturday and Sunday with a slight chance of thunder storms overnight, the Met Office said.

Temperatures will peak at 16C on Saturday before dipping as low as 8C overnight, meteorologist Alex Burkill said.

He added: “There will be patches of rain on Saturday and Sunday across London.

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“The west is set to be driest with some outbreaks of sun but on the whole the forecast is disappointing.”

Londoners are set to face the washout just days after the UK recorded the hottest early May Bank holiday on record with highs of 28.7C in west London.

But sunshine is set to return early next week with temperatures hitting 23C in the capital and 25C on the south coast, Mr Burkill said.

Londoners bask in soaring temperatures over early May Bank Holiday 
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Monday and Tuesday will see highs of 21C in London before the mercury hits 23C by Wednesday.

The meteorologist said: “There is still a slight chance of rain and a very low risk of thunderstorms on Monday but it looks mainly as if glorious weather will return with plenty of bright sunshine.”

Rain is set to batter the UK across the weekend before sunshine returns to swathes of the country early next weeks.

Highs in the north-east are set to hit 17C while temperatures on the south coast around Dorset could peak at 25C.

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