Temperatures to hit 29°C on bank holiday Monday ahead of heavy showers

Summer is set to go out in a blaze of glory on bank holiday Monday as temperatures soar before a dramatic change in the weather.

Sunday and Monday will see warm, sunny conditions prevail, with temperatures peaking at 29C on the final day of the bank holiday, after a summer that saw four heatwaves.

But conditions are likely to change drastically through next week as the remnants of Hurricane Erin sweep in from the Atlantic in the west.

Greg Dewhurst, a Met Office meteorologist, said: “High pressure is still in charge of our weather at the moment keeping things largely settled and dry.

“However, through Monday into the beginning of next week we start to see the high pressure slipping away and being replaced by low pressure, which we haven’t seen for quite some time.

“The low pressure will introduce some cooler, wetter, and windier weather.”

In the meantime, after a cloudy and misty start on Sunday, the weather is expected to be dry with “plenty of sunny spells”.

It will be cloudier in Scotland, with the possibility in the far north and west for some rain at times.

Temperatures on Sunday will range from 25°C to 26°C in the south East, 23°C in the south west, 22°C in Northern Ireland and the north of England and 18°C to 21°C in the north of Scotland.

Monday will see a “sunnier start for many of us” and “a lovely day ahead, blue skies for much of the country”.

Winds will be coming in from the south, sweeping in warmer air for the end of the bank holiday weekend.

Mr Dewhurst said: “With the winds still coming in from the south, a warm direction, temperatures will be higher again – 27°C, 28°C possibly 29°C as the top temperature and in the mid-20s across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland too.

By Monday night, Erin will begin to “push in from the west” bringing rain to Northern Ireland.

Then from Tuesday, most of the UK can expect cooler and more unsettled conditions with heavy rain and strong winds and large waves along the western coast.

Forecasters say waves could reach four to five metres in height for the western isles of Scotland and Ireland.

People planning to head to beaches on Monday or Tuesday are being advised to go to ones with lifeguards.

Craig Snell, from the Met Office, said from Tuesday onwards spells of rain will be moving across all parts of the country but it will be wettest in the west.

“It will be heavy at times in the west but at the moment we’re not expecting too many impacts and it may, for farmers or anyone who needs the rain, be welcome,” he added.

On Wednesday, a band of rain will sweep across the whole country and low pressure will remain until the weekend with further spells of rain.

Temperatures for the rest of the week will be nearer average, low 20s in the south and high teens across the north.

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Hurricane Erin is currently a category two storm moving eastwards across the North Atlantic.

Tony Wisson, deputy chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “There’s still a lot to work out in terms of the exact track and position of what will become ex-Hurricane Erin.

“This system should have undergone its transition into an ex-hurricane by the time it reaches the mid-Atlantic, and it will continue to weaken as a broad low pressure system as it then drifts towards the UK.

“This will displace our current settled weather, bringing spells of rain and perhaps strong winds in places by the middle of next week.

“Tuesday is when we’re likely to see the start of this influence, with a band of rain pushing from west to east over the UK.

“Rainfall could be heavy for a time in parts of the west, though it’s too early to be precise with details on this.”