UK weather: Exact date 'heatwave' comes back as new maps turn orange

Despite largely unsettled weather over the near future, one weather map suggests we could see warmer weather in just two weeks.

A bright orange weather map suggests the midlands and south east England may see temperatures rise by Sunday July 14th - just in time to hit the pubs for the European Championship final. With a heat wave hitting large sections of Europe, the UK will remain on the cooler side - but it may mark an improvement on the two weeks leading up to it.

Britain experienced its warmest temperature of the year so far last week when 30.3C was recorded at Heathrow, prompting the UK Health Security Agency to issue multiple heat health alerts. But cloud, wind and rain are set to be a theme for much of the next fortnight.

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Showers will be prevalent across the UK in the coming week, with Wednesday and Thursday set to host particularly strong winds which will blow in showers from particularly northern and western areas. Things aren’t expected to improve much over the weekend, which will “see the unsettled theme continue, with showers or longer spells of rain affecting most parts at some point, while remaining on the cool side for the time of year,” according to NetWeather.

But in the week following, fortunes may change across the UK. “There are some tentative hints of pressure rising from the south-west during this week, most likely towards the end of the week,” NetWeather report, adding that Westerly winds will nonetheless be prevalent.

They expect it to be “warmer overall” than in the week beforehand - but it will not be a significant difference. “It does not look likely that it will generally be substantially warmer than average, although the odd hot day or two is possible towards the south-east.”

Come the end of the week on Sunday, it will likely be warm enough to enjoy the football outside in a pub, with the - but there is no guarantee that the showers will have passed. The south-east will have above-average temperatures during the week, with weather set to be slightly drier than elsewhere in the UK - which will likely see wetter weather.

NetWeather wrote: “Temperatures during this week are expected to be slightly above average overall, perhaps over 1°C above in parts of the south-east, but western counties of Britain are expected to have near-average temperatures. It will probably be drier than average in the south and east of England, but with near-average rainfall most likely elsewhere. It will probably again be cloudier than average for most of the country.”