The UK will finally be enjoying some sunnier weather this Bank Holiday weekend after days of thunderstorms and rain.
After days of wet weather and three yellow weather warnings issued, Brits can look forward to warm and bright weather as we approach the summer months.
But there will still be some periods of rain, particularly in the north of England.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Mark Sidaway said: ‘The Bank Holiday weekend will see some sunny spells and it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine for many on Saturday in particular.
‘Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday will likely see a return to sunshine and showers. Low pressure to the west is likely to push fronts into the UK on Sunday, these tending to break up and turn more showery in nature as they do so.
‘We are likely to see some heavy, possibly thundery showers on both days, but there should still be some dry spells in between, and in any sunshine it will feel pleasantly warm.’
But this may not last into June, with the Met Office’s long-range forecast making for a disappointing read if you are hoping for more heat and sun.
The forecast reads: ‘Relatively weak signals for conditions to be markedly different from climatology through to the middle of June.
‘That said, both temperatures and rainfall are more-likely to be a little above average overall, with further rain or showers, possibly heavy/thundery at times, and possibly slightly more likely in the southern half of the UK, but also some spells of warm sunshine.’
Longer term forecasts only look at the UK as a whole, rather than providing more detail for specific areas.
This is due to the ‘chaotic nature of the atmosphere’ which can suddenly see small weather events over the Atlantic causing major issues in the UK days later.
The weather over the last month has been a mixed bag to say the least, with Brits seeing the hottest day of the year so far as well as yellow weather warnings for rain.
Amber and red flood alerts were issued for London, southeast and southwest England, east and northeast, and the Midlands.
Even the aurora borealis made an appearance across the UK for the first time in 20 years.
The striking ribbons of pink and green light appeared thanks to an ‘extreme’ geomagnetic storm.
It may be the last time they are visible at least for the next few weeks, as the Met Office says ‘no significant enhancements to the auroral oval are likely in the coming days’.
But the sunspot cluster, which hurled gas and energy towards the Earth, will rotate to us in a fortnight.
If the cluster is large and complex enough, it will generate more explosions which creates the aurora borealis as it hits the Earth’s magnetic field.
