UK weather: Sleet and thundery showers expected this weekend as warm spell ends
Meteorologists warn Britain is entering a 'showery and unsettled period'
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Your support makes all the difference.The current bout of warm weather will come to an end this weekend as the UK sees colder temperatures, including sleet, move in.
The weather will stay warm and sunny this evening but by Saturday morning two new weather fronts will bring colder temperatures, with rain and sleet expected in parts of the UK by Sunday.
A Met Office spokesperson told The Independent that although there would be lots of sunshine around this evening, parts of the country – mostly along the eastern coast – would see some cloud cover as the weather started to turn.
“On Friday it is quite a dry start for most places but in the course of the day places like Wales, Cornwall, and Bristol may see scattered showers as two weather fronts move in,” she said.
“Behind the first front is a colder one, staying dry, but by lunchtime Sunday most areas of the UK will have seen showers, some thundery and some with hail and over high ground from Sunday onwards – even in the south – you could see some wintery content.”
They added that although people might be “surprised” to hear there could be sleet, most of it is expected to fall overnight and would not settle.
The spokesperson continued that Britain was entering a “showery and unsettled period”.
Southern residents were likely to experience more normal temperatures for the time of year – around 11.4C – while Scotland will be cooler than the expected average 9.8C.
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