Temperatures could soar in June (Picture: Getty)
Break out the suncream – June is set to have three heatwaves and reach temperatures of 30C.
After a somewhat damp Bank Holiday weekend and more rain for half-term, skies will clear up from Friday with 20C sunshine.
And much hotter temperatures are due further into next month, as heat wafts north from the continent, boosted by warm seas.
The Met Office said hotter-than-usual temperatures in June are more likely than normal this year.
The Weather Outlook has forecast 30C and a series of heat pulses next month, paired with occasional showers.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: ‘June looks settled to start with and is forecast several fine spells, with bursts of very warm weather and potentially reaching 30C for the first time this year.
The warm weather could be paired with rain showers, however (Picture: Shutterstock)
‘High levels of background warmth and warm sea surface temperatures provide added fuel for hot spells, but also rain at times.’
A Met Office forecaster said: ‘It stays unsettled now, but by the weekend, the weather will become more settled as high pressure builds.
‘It will be a dry weekend with spells of warm sunshine, and thi fair weather is likely to continue for a few days into the following week.
‘From June 8 to 22, temperatures have more chance of being above the average at this time of year.’
From the aurora borealis to the hottest day of the year so far to yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms, we’ve seen pretty much everything mother nature has to offer this month.
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But just because forecasters think we’ll have high temperatures doesn’t mean it’s a guarantee.
A Met Office spokesperson explained how the long range forecasts are put together: ‘Our long range forecast (which is updated on a daily basis) provides an indication of how the weather might change, or be different from normal, (i.e. warmer, colder, wetter, drier) across the whole UK.
‘Met Office meteorologists consider output from a range of weather models when writing these forecasts.
‘These models include those from the Met Office as well as models from other global forecasting centres such as the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts ( ECMWF).’
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