UK weather: Brits to soak in rain ‘EVERY DAY’ next week after Bank Holiday washout with heavy showers and 50mph winds
THE UK was battered by 50mph winds and heavy rain last night, as the country braces for wet weather.
Forecasters have warned that it will rain every day next week, in what will be a very wet start to June.
The news comes after Britain experienced one of its driest Mays on record, with some parts of the country prepping for droughts.
The North-West and North-East have also experienced their driest starts to the year since 1929, with Brits basking in sweltering 27C heats.
According to Met Office meteorologist Becky Mitchell, that seasonal abnormality came to an end with Saturday night’s downpour and 50mph winds which battered parts of the UK.
She said: “Last night’s rain won’t have brought May much closer to average.
“That being said, we still have a week left of May and we expect to see rain every day, so by the end of the month we could be closer to the monthly average.”
Fellow meteorologist Zoe Hatton added that showers will sweep across the country from Sunday onwards.
She said: “Across the north of the countryside of Scotland is likely to be wet and quite miserable initially.
“A band of rain will be moving eastwards overnight lingering in the far north of Scotland. Elsewhere it’s not going to be widely wet.
“There’s going to be low cloud in places which could produce outbreaks of rain across the Pennines and across higher ground in the south of England, but the main focus will really be northern Scotland.
“As the day moves on that band of rain will move eastwards and we’re going to see showers arriving from the west.
“The most likely places affected will be Northern Ireland, Scotland and the north of England, and some quite frequent blustery showers across parts of the country, but drier further south.”
Liz added: “As we go into bank holiday Monday we’re expecting things to stay fairly similar, with showers arriving from the west heaviest and most frequent across the north and west of the country, in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
“It’s not a complete washout, there will be drier, brighter interludes. It shouldn’t feel particularly cold as we go into the new working week.”
After the Saturday night downpour, temperatures will hover at around 15C across the country on Sunday.
Some southern areas, including London, could experience highs of 21C, though, on Wednesday and Thursday.
However, Liz has warned that temperatures won’t rise again until June 2.
She said: “Temperatures are expected to start rising by the end of the week, so perhaps feeling a little bit warmer in the sunshine from Friday onwards.”
Over the last few months, Britain has experienced a variety of rare weather conditions with meteorologists warning of a tornado on May 21.
One spokesperson said: “It’s not out of the question that we could see a funnel cloud, maybe even a brief tornado across parts of the South East.”
Tornadoes form when hot, humid air collides with cold, dry air.
The cold air heads downwards, while the hot air rises – creating a funnel, which eventually spirals into a tornado.
Due to the UK’s landscape and normally temperate weather, tornadoes are a rarity in Britain.
