UK to be hotter than the Sahara in 32C mini-heatwave after deadly weekend of storms
SUMMER is returning to Britain with a four-day heatwave pushing temperatures to a sizzling 32C.
A Blistering Spanish plume will send temperatures soaring after Brits were battered by rain and strong winds last week.
Forecasters are predicting that most of the country will bake in sweltering highs of 29C in the South and 25C in the North.
Some weather experts are even banking on temperatures reaching a scorching 32C by mid-week and bookies have slashed the odds on a heatwave.
But the sunny weather sadly isn't predicted to continue into the Bank Holiday weekend, with a mix of showers and some sunshine expected.
It comes as revellers at V Festival were treated to a day of sunshine after the Essex event was washed out on Friday and Saturday.
Met Office forecaster Mark Wilson said: “It’s all change after the weekend’s autumnal conditions.
“There is pretty high confidence of warm conditions across England and Wales from a southerly flow from the continent.
“The South and Midlands look like seeing the mid-to-high 20s.
“The bulk of the country will be sunny.
“Thursday has the risk of thunderstorms in the South.
“The Bank Holiday weekend looks more changeable, with the potential for some showers or longer spells of rain but also sunny spells, with temperatures easing to the low 20s.”
MeteoGroup forecaster Julian Mayes said: “Wednesday and Thursday look like seeing the peak temperatures, with the odd 30C possible.
“The Spanish Plume has a clear signal for a thundery breakdown on Thursday, with the Bank Holiday weekend looking quite unsettled, particularly in the North, with a south-westerly flow.”
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The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze added: “Autumn will be followed by summer as the mercury soars, with temperatures a degree or two in excess of 30C possible.”
The sizzling weather will be a welcome relief from the turbulent storms that have lashed Britain over the weekend.
Six people were killed in stormy weather off the British coast including dad Rudy Bruynius who died after being swept off rocks into the sea while on a family holiday in Newquay.
He came into difficulty after being washed into the water by huge waves along with his two-year-old daughter and wife on Friday.
The family of five were on the rocks at South Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall, when a large wave swept them away.
Tragic Rudy, his two-year-old daughter Micayla and her mum, named as Cindy Bruynius, 37, were all pulled from the water by the emergency services.
The couple’s other two children managed to get back onto the rocks.
One woman died after being pulled from the sea in the Channel Islands after she got into trouble in treacherous conditions.
Yesterday a man died after being caught in ‘dangerous waters’ off a crowded beach near the exclusive Sandbanks resort at Poole, Dorset.
The man, believed to be in his fifties, was dragged from the sea by lifeguards after having been ‘seen in difficulty’ just before 3.30pm in a rip current outside the safe-swim area.
In Aberdeen a mum and her young son were killed after getting into difficulty while in the water.
Julie Walker and Lucas Walker, named today and said to live in the city, died in hospital after Lucas’s big brother Samuel “very bravely” entered the water in a bid to rescue the pair.
Julie, 37, and six-year-old Lucas died in hospital following the horror at the busy seafront.
And in West Mersea a windsurfer died after he was pulled from the water as 50mph winds battered the Essex coast.
Today he was named as David Baker from Colchester.
The 67-year-old was pulled from the sea yesterday and flown by air ambulance to Colchester Hospital six miles away but was dead by the time he arrived.
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