A 700 mile-wide French heat plume is set to bring sunny skies and temperatures pushing 20C to the UK over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with families expected to flock to coastal resorts
Brits are in for a cracking Easter with blue skies and temperatures climbing towards 20C. A 700-mile-wide French heat plume will see the nation basking in sunshine from Good Friday through to Easter Monday.
Families are expected to descend on coastal resorts, tucking into ice creams on packed beaches. BBC Weather is predicting temperatures in the mid to high teens in the days leading up to Easter, reports the Daily Star.
The BBC said: “After changeable conditions in coming days and a chance of wintry showers from midweek, the following two weeks look milder. High pressure will return, with below-average rainfall. An increased southerly flow could lead to warmer conditions.”
The Met Office said: “Many areas will see more settled conditions again in early April. Plenty of dry weather is likely, with the wind direction seeing temperature differences day by day.”
It comes after temperatures reached 17C in the South at the weekend. However, temperatures are set to nosedive into single figures from midweek with a risk of blustery winds, showers and even snow flurries in the North.
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Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin said Wednesday will signal a “cold plunge” and Scotland could see the white stuff.
He said: “If we look at the temperature profile for the next few days, then we really notice that difference by the time we get to Wednesday.
“Temperatures by Wednesday [will be] single digits for many, and that’s the max, so it’s going to get cold at night.
“Probably the peak of that cold will be on Wednesday night, that’s when the cold plunge really comes in.”
The rain and wind are expected to lessen later in the week but temperatures are likely to stay chilly with the possibility of overnight frost in some areas.
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