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UK Weather – Brits enjoy 23C sun after thunderstorm misery… as boat cars take to the River Thames for annual race
BRITS basked in sunshine today as boat cars took to the River Thames - with the weather set only to improve this week.
Sunny spells appeared across much of the UK on Sunday, though temperatures felt cool due to strong winds.
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Persistent rain will continue across Scotland into this evening, with a yellow weather warning in place for the East of the country, but central and eastern parts of England will remain dry.
It comes as amphibious vehicles today took to The River Thames for The Thames Traditional Boat Festival.
Photographs show rows of boat cars travelling along the river as those inside enjoyed the sunny weather.
A mixture of sunshine and spells of rain is forecast for Monday, before temperatures begin to rise and conditions become more settled across Tuesday and Wednesday, the Met Office has said.
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The mercury is expected to reach highs of 22C during "warm sunny spells" in the South East and London on Tuesday, before again rising to 23C on Wednesday.
July's thunderstorms have seemed a far cry to June's record-breaking high temperatures, though the mercury has been "surprisingly close" to the average so far this month.
Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said: "Still relatively cloudy for Scotland first thing [on Monday] and most of us will then start to see showers bubbling up once again as we head throughout the day - particularly central areas down into eastern and south eastern England.
"Again, those could turn heavy in places with some thunderstorms and hail possible, but there will be other areas where those showers are a bit more hit and miss and some of us could stay dry throughout much of the day - perhaps parts of North West England down into Wales and South West England.
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"If you do manage to dodge those showers and see some of the sunnier spells, temperatures will range between 17C and 23C, around where we should be for the time of year.
The Met Office outlook for Tuesday to Thursday adds: "Any early brightness on Tuesday giving way to cloudy skies and rain for some. Brighter on Wednesday and Thursday with isolated showers and warm sunny spells. Lighter winds."
It comes after an Atlantic low-pressure system has brought unseasonably strong winds to the UK this weekend, with heavy rain and showers hitting much of Britain.
National Severe Weather Warnings were issued with concerns over travel disruption across southern and northern England, South Wales, parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Winds reached up to 55mph in exposed places on Saturday.
The blustery conditions were expected to ease on Sunday, but rain and showers continued in the north with a risk of thunder.
And while many will wake to sunny spells this week, there continues to be a risk of showers becoming heavy and turning to thunder.
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