Temperatures, especially in the south-east of England, are forecast to rise by up to 20 degrees next week. The recent cold – which followed a period of warmer weather in late March – will disappear to allow the British to enjoy some quiet holidays. Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern said: “The weather is warmer for the beginning of the week and we could see as much as 20 degrees Celsius in the southeast. “The general trend is to get warmer with higher pressures becoming more and more likely during the week and next week. “There is still the possibility of rain mainly in the west.” “Further north, people in Scotland and north-west England are more likely to see rain,” Mr McGivern said. People enjoy the Mother’s Day sun in Bournemouth, Dorset (PA) He said: “By Monday, low blood pressure is becoming increasingly unstable, but it seems likely that the north and west of the UK will carry the heaviest weight of any wet weather. “Low blood pressure is slowly rising from the west, bringing some rain on Sunday, most likely to the north-west of the United Kingdom, western Scotland, western England and northern Wales. “The cold air remains in the north with a chance of snow if this rain mixes with cold air as it approaches from the west.” A jet skier on Blyth Beach in Northumberland, on the northeast coast (PA) From Good Friday through April 24, the rain is forecast to subside as it moves east with possible rain in the Midlands – according to the Met Office long-term forecast. The meteorologists add: “For the rest of the season, the northwest-southeast split is possible, with the northwest remaining more unstable with strong winds and occasional rains. “Some rain may occasionally spread to parts of the southeast side at first, but it is likely to become dry and generally much more stable, though perhaps rather cloudy, in the south, with lighter winds by the end of this period. “Temperatures are expected to be above average and warm at times in the south.”
