Forecasters have pinpointed the exact day to get outdoors this Half-Term
People soaking up the sunshine on College Green in Bristol (Image: PAUL GILLIS / Reach PLC)
Bristol is set to bask in 22C sunshine this week as the South West gears up for a mid-week sizzle.
A number of spots across the country are expected to reach highs of over 20C this week, just days after Storm Dave battered parts of Britain with wind, rain and snow.
In Bristol, the mercury is set to rise to 22C on Tuesday afternoon, with the balmy weather continuing into Wednesday, according to the Met Office.
The brief hot spell is not, however, set to last, with temperatures dipping back to 14C in the city on Thursday and 13C on Friday.
A Met Office spokesperson said: “As Storm Dave has now moved away, and this high pressure is building behind it, we’re now dragging up warmer air from the continent.
“It’s one of the seasons where it can change really quickly, day on day.”
The forecaster warned of another “big change” on Thursday when temperatures are expected to drop to between 10C and 13C.
“It’s all purely down to wind direction at this time of year,” the spokesperson said.
“For the next couple of days, we’re dragging in that warm, southerly wind, which will allow us to see temperatures reach the mid-20s.
“As we go into Thursday, we’ll see temperatures return to normal for the time of year as we see the weather turn more changeable with advances of rain and showers.”
Temperatures are forecast to hover around 10C in the north and 14C in the south over the weekend.
This week’s warmer conditions have arrived earlier than expected, the Met Office said, though the high temperatures are not unusual for this time of year.
Counties expecting temperatures above 20C on Wednesday:
- Devon
- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Sussex
- Kent
- Surrey
- Berkshire
- Wiltshire
- Gloucestershire
- Oxfordshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Middlesex
- Essex
- Heartfordshire
- Bedfordshire
- Suffolk
- Norfolk
- Cambridgeshire
- Northamptonshire
- Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
- Staffordshire
- Derbyshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Yorkshire
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