UK told 'summer is not over yet' ahead of 'one final hot day of 2024'
The UK has been handed a major weather boost amid hopes the summer is NOT YET OVER. New maps and charts from WX Charts, projected using Met Desk data, show a 24C plume of hot air sweeping the country and "roasting" the UK.
Maps show 24C highs on September 17 - with Manchester and Birmingham braced for the highest mercury. Temperatures will be broadly in the 20s for most of England, with the south east and capital city London seeing temperaures of around 22C.
The early Met Office forecast from September 12 onwards explains: "Initially cool with northerly winds providing showers along exposed northern, western and eastern coasts, but also a few inland at times too, although central and southern areas may stay fairly dry and sunny. Showers wintry on the mountain tops in Scotland.
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"Towards the end of the week and into the weekend it will likely turn more widely drier for a time, especially in central and southern areas, with the greater chance of rain and blustery conditions in the north and northwest. A gradual recovery in temperature is also expected as winds become more westerly.
"By the following week, while confidence is low a trend towards more settled conditions is most likely, accompanied by warmer temperatures. That said, some rain or showers are still possible, especially in the south and/or northwest."
And James Madden, from Exacta Weather, said: "The second September heatwave keeps gaining ground and intensifying to some very HOT conditions. The GFS runs keeps intensifying the ne=xt spell of warm to hot temperatures (Indian summer weather) for in and around or exactly on 18 September."
He went on: "Our OWN forecasts are now also in recognition of another major and moderate to high confidence pressure build from the south of the country to make up for this for in and around 18th September, POSSIBLY A LITTLE EARLIER, and this would have the potential to bring even hotter temperatures across our shores than the current warm to hot period." (Something we expect to intensify further)..."