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UK weather: Exact time heavy, thundery showers will hit UK after Brits basked in glorious 24C sunshine
Brits have been rushing to parks and beaches to soak in the sun
HEAVY rain and thunder are set to hit the UK in just days as Brits soaked in 24C sunshine today.
The UK was this week finally treated to summer weather - but this is set to change from Sunday when the mercury will drop once more.
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The has put a damper on what has been a glorious day across the country with temperatures reaching 24C in London.
The nation has been eagerly waiting for warmer conditions and a taste of summer after weeks of downpour and strong winds battered the country.
A number of places hit the top temperature including London and Throckmorton, outside Worcester.
Many others across the Midlands, central Wales, and the South also basked in the sun as they had balmy temperatures in the low 20s.
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Sun bathers were snapped taking a dip at London's Hamstead heath, while others could be seen basking in the sunshine at Victoria Tower Gardens.
The warm weather will carry on into the evening for those who had it today as a high pressure system sits off the coast of the Netherlands.
Parts of northwest Scotland are set to see rain this evening and into the night.
Forecasters say the weather is going to stay sunny and hot for Friday and Saturday for most of the country.
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The Met Office said: "High pressure continues to dominate the UK, bringing a dry day with plenty of sunny spells. Feeling very warm once again in the sunshine and light winds."
Temperatures are even set to increase over the weekend with a max temperature of 25C on Friday, 26C on Saturday, and 27C on Sunday.
High pressure set to stay with more sunshine increasing during the week-
But the weather will turn on Sunday with western parts set to see cooler conditions as showers arrive.
There is a chance of thundery showers for parts of Devon and Cornwall, Wales, the Midlands, and the North West.
The Met Office said: "Remaining settled to start the weekend with warm sunny spells and the odd shower.
"Chance of heavy, thundery showers on Sunday before turning widely unsettled on Monday and feeling cooler."
Despite this the temperature will remain high in other parts of the country, with London forecast for the top temperature in the country.
But as the bad weather hits, the max temperature will drop to 20C on Monday and then further to 19C on Tuesday and 18C on Wednesday.
The Met Office said of Monday to Wednesday next week: "The weather is expected to change from the current warm and settled conditions, and return to an unsettled and showery pattern.
"Rain and showers, perhaps heavy and thundery, are expected across much of the country.
"Rainfall amounts could be above average in many areas, especially where showers merge and become slow moving. Winds could fresh at times, especially near heavier showers and along coasts.
"Temperatures will not be as high as the previous week, and are expected to fall closer to average for May. Where it remains damp and cloudy it will feel much cooler than of late.
"However where there are any breaks in the cloud, and where winds fall light, it will feel warm in any sunny spells."
Temperatures today have hit 22C in Cambridge with Monmouth, Bristol and Guilford all also having gorgeous conditions.
In the places that stay dry, the sunny temperatures will be a little above average - generally on the warm side in the sunshine.
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Elsewhere, Birmingham, Milton Keynes and Nottingham soaked in 21C sunshine this afternoon.
Describing today's weather, the Met Office said: "It will be a largely fine and dry day for much of the country and feeling warm in the sunshine and light winds.
"Rain across northern Scotland in the morning, but becoming mostly dry by the evening."
Last weekend beaches like Brighton's were packed with people who wanted to get near the sea on Sunday while the temperatures were warm.
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Miss Lancashire Amy Blyth, 22, even donned her bikini in Coventry while the sun was out.
And it was all blue skies in Sheerness, Kent for the Blaze class sailing dinghy Eastern Championships event hosted by Isle of Sheppey Sailing Club.
Met Office's five-day & long-range forecast:
Today:
It will be a largely fine and dry day for much of the country and feeling warm in the sunshine and light winds. Rain across northern Scotland in the morning, but becoming mostly dry by the evening.
Tonight:
Remaining rain clearing northern Scotland to leave a dry night for most with light winds and clear skies. A little patchy mist or fog forming by dawn.
Friday:
High pressure continues to dominate the UK, bringing a dry day with plenty of sunny spells. Feeling very warm once again in the sunshine and light winds.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Remaining settled to start the weekend with warm sunny spells and the odd shower. Chance of heavy, thundery showers on Sunday before turning widely unsettled on Monday and feeling cooler.
May 13 - May 22:
The weather is expected to change from the current warm and settled conditions, and return to an unsettled and showery pattern. Rain and showers, perhaps heavy and thundery, are expected across much of the country. Rainfall amounts could be above average in many areas, especially where showers merge and become slow moving. Winds could fresh at times, especially near heavier showers and along coasts. Temperatures will not be as high as the previous week, and are expected to fall closer to average for May. Where it remains damp and cloudy it will feel much cooler than of late. However where there are any breaks in the cloud, and where winds fall light, it will feel warm in any sunny spells.
May 23 - June 6:
For the end of May and the start of June, it will probably start off fairly unsettled with rain or showers for many, but also some sunny spells between, and slightly-above average temperatures. Through the period there are some tentative signs that conditions could become a little more settled in the south and east, with rain perhaps more confined to the north and west. As we head into late spring and early summer, it will naturally feel warm in any sunshine, especially when winds fall light.
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