A Met Office forecaster said large parts of England will get cooler on Saturday, but this may not be the case in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire won’t see a let up in the extreme heat this weekend, the Met Office has warned, even as other parts of the country start to cool.
A “big change is on the way” across large parts of England, with cooler, more changeable weather pushing in from the Atlantic by Sunday.
But not all parts of the country will see instant respite, with Cambridgeshire among the areas where temperatures are set to remain above 30C.
Forecasters warn eastern parts of England are set to hang on to higher temperatures for longer than elsewhere, reports the Mirror.
Met Office meteorologist Aiden McGivern said on the forecaster’s Youtube channel that conditions will shift as “low pressure systems in from the Atlantic, bring back a return to cooler weather, but also much more changeable weather through the weekend and into next week.”
Saturday
While the change is expected to reach “virtually all parts” of the UK by Sunday, Saturday is forecast to bring a sharper split, with some areas feeling cooler sooner than others.
Forecaster Aiden McGivern said: “As we go into Saturday, it’s still a very warm start to the day across eastern and southeastern parts of the country. Feeling fresher further west.”
He added the wind direction will make the difference for many and said: “That breeze coming in from the southwest will certainly make it feel a little fresher in the north and west on Saturday compared with further east because actually in the east it is another hot day.”
Temperatures in the east could still be notably high for the time of year. The latest forecast shows temperatures temperatures will still widely exceed 30C, with peaks of up to 34C Celsius in London or East Anglia.
Sunday
By Sunday, the cooler air is expected to spread more widely. The Met Office forecaster said: “Sunday is the day that the cooler and more changeable weather spreads to virtually all parts.”
Despite the drop in temperature, this will still be a decent summer day for most.
“It will actually be a fine summer’s day for many parts of England and Wales even if we’ve lost the heat and humidity,” he said.
Temperatures are expected to drop to 27C in the southeast and then high teens low 20s for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, Wales and the West of England.
And while many areas should feel more comfortable, McGivern cautioned the warmth won’t disappear everywhere at once, with “that heat clinging on for the longest in the east of England.”
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UK areas under hot weather warning for Saturday
East Midlands
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Rutland
East of England
- Bedford
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Luton
- Norfolk
- Peterborough
- Southend-on-Sea
- Suffolk
- Thurrock
London & South East England
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- East Sussex
- Greater London
- Hampshire
- Kent
- Medway
- Milton Keynes
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Slough
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- West Sussex
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Wokingham
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