Back on the boil! Britain is set for cooler weather today but temperatures will hot up to end the week with glorious sun and sizzling 77F highs
- This morning commuters faced cooler conditions than previous days, with showers hitting northern regions
- By tomorrow temperatures are set to soar, with highs of 73F (23C) forecast for London as heatwave continues
- On Thursday sunny spells will dominate the south but clouds and rain will hit northern England and Scotland
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The UK is set for more sunshine and scorching temperatures this week despite getting off to a cooler start this morning.
A brief respite from the Saharan Bubble heatwave comes today as rain is expected in northern parts of Scotland. Though it was a sunny start for swathes of England, commuters are facing scattered clouds and showers in the north-west.
Today there will be highs of 62F (17C) in Edinburgh, 64F (18C) in Belfast and 66F (19C) in Manchester. London is expected to reach temperatures of 73F (23c).
Pictured: Clouds over Virginia Water in Surrey, where temperatures got off to a cooler start than recent days as Britain is set for more soaring temperatures this week
The Met Office forecast a cooler start this morning, showing scattered showers in the north-west of the country, but temperatures are set to soar in the coming days
Pictured: How the sunshine is forecast to spread across Britain over the course of the next three days as the heatwave continues
But tomorrow there will be highs of 73F (23C) in the south-east and temperatures are set to rise as the continues, reaching 77F (25C) in the coming days.
By Thursday the heat is set to spread across Britain as it breaks out of the south-east, with highs 75F (24C) across the south of England, south-east, south-west, central and north-east as well as south Wales.
However, there will be cloud and rain in northern Scotland with moderate winds. Friday will be dry and bright in the south but cloudy with rain for central and northern areas.
It follows the hottest day of the year on Saturday, with highs of 95C in Northholt, west London. Meanwhile tarmac melted on the A50 in Foston, Derbyshire, on Sunday.
Forecasters initially thought this week could be even hotter, but a 500-mile Greenland ‘cold plume’ has cooled conditions down.