Britons are heading to the coast again and making the most of the dry weather after Storm Debby battered the country and brought an end to the weeks-long heatwave.
After the blistering heat of the early week, Britain remains cooler today with temperatures dipping to the low 50s across the country.
The east coast is the warmest part of the UK today, with the mercury set to peak at 70F (24C) in Great Yarmouth, but Storm Debby has battered other parts of the UK, with the temperature almost hitting freezing in Northern Ireland.
Katesbridge in County Down was the coldest place in the UK, with temperatures dropping to 32.5F (0.3C).
People make the most of the windy weather by heading into the sea to surf in Brighton

More than 300 colourful balloons take off over Bristol at dawn this morning

People head to the beach in Brighton as the mercury soars to 64F in the coastal city, despite rain predicted later


Photos taken in Christchurch Meadows show a couple taking a stroll by the River Thames and a dapper looking man on a boat

People walk on top of the parched grass on Oxford Castle Mound on what was an overcast afternoon in Oxford

These people were not put off being outside in cooler temperatures and took to their kayaks on River Thames in Christchurch Meadows Oxford

These pair enjoyed the cool temperatures by sitting under a willow tree and having a chat in Christchurch Meadows, Oxford

Brave locals and tourists flock to Brighton beach this morning despite a 50 percent chance of rain expected later in the day

Bad weather doesn’t put off festival goers at Boardmasters, in New Quay, Cornwall as they run in the rain on scorched grass

Flora Powell, 19, and Jess Blake, 18, both from Newquay jump and dance in the rain at Boardmasters festival despite the bad weather

The 40th Balloon Fiesta which is held Ashton Court Estate, Bristol, near perfect conditions saw more than 300 balloons take to the air, watched by thousands across the city

Visitors make the most of the wet and windy weather in Weymouth as the heatwave comes to an end

Visitors look on at a seagull in Weymouth as they refuse to let the wet and windy weather stop them from getting out and about

Bristol International Balloon Fiesta celebrates it’s 40th year: the first mass ascent of the 2018 festival gets underway at dawn this morning

Balloons take to the skies over the iconic Bristol Clifton Suspension Bridge during the festivals 40th anniversary

Bristol Balloon Festival this morning, for the fortieth anniversary various ‘special shaped’ were balloons were created

Festival goers use Kernow Springs wood fired hot tub as they brave the wind and rain at the annual Boardmasters music festival at Watergate Bay in New Quay, Cornwall

Revellers drink sparkling wine in a hot tub in New Quay, despite the wet and windy weather

People gather at the gates of the Boardmasters festival in New Quay as they queue to get in – despite the rainy weather

Festival goers in Newquay woke up this morning to muddy fields after heavy rain showers and strong winds hit the Boardmasters Festival ground overnight

Festival organisers sent out a notification to all attendees asking them to make sure there tents are pegged in properly as stronger winds are due later today
Showers swept the the north and Scotland this morning, but the southwest remained dry and bright as more than 130 hot air balloons flew over Bristol for their International Balloon Fiesta, that was pushed back from last night due to poor weather yesterday.
The remarkable turnaround in conditions from 92F (33C) heat last week began on Thursday and ended a 47-day consecutive run of somewhere in the UK getting to at least 75F (24C) as people across the country swap their sun cream and hats for umbrellas and coats.
But the blue skies aren’t set to remain, and cloud will feed across southwest England and Wales this afternoon, bringing wet and windy weather to the festival.
More bad weather is set to remain overnight as outbreaks of rain spread north-eastwards with heavy showers and thunderstorms in the southwest.

Music lovers at New Quay’s Boardmasters festival put on plastic ponchos to shelter themselves from the rain

Women at Boardmasters don hats and plastic ponchos ahead of the Chemical Brothers headlining performance tonight

Festival goers brave the wind and rain at the annual Boardmasters music festival at Watergate Bay

People walk on the wind and rain swept sand at Fistral Beach in Newquay as they head to Boardmasters festival

New Metropolitan Police officers march through the pouring rain at a passing out parade in north London yesterday

A rainbow balloon just feet from the ground as thousands watch hundreds of balloons over the city

More than 130 balloons take to the skies over Bristol this morning but the ‘near perfect’ conditions aren’t set to remain

Dozens of balloons are spotted over Bristol as the festival shows off an array of colours over the city’s skies

Hot Air Ballons in Bristol get ready for take-off in clear blue skies this morning

A anana balloon sits in the forefront of an array of colourful balloons in the sky

Balloons fly over leafy Bristol as the city celebrates the 40th year
The UK faces showers and winds sweeping across the nation from the west for the next 15 days after the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby halted the heatwave, which is set to continue until October.
Met Office forecaster Emma Smith said: ‘Storm Debby is coming over from the Atlantic and its remnants are expected to hit the UK this weekend. It is coming from the tropics, so temperatures will remain very humid over the next few days.
‘However, there will be heavy showers and thunder, especially in northern and western parts of the UK on Saturday. This will become more widespread during the later parts of the day. Wet and windy weather will continue through till Sunday evening.’

Stormy clouds chase away the blue skies of London as the heatwave is well and truly ended with thunder, lightning and showers over the capital yesterday

People huddle under their umbrellas as they boat down the River Cam in Cambridge below others sheltering from the downpour while walking across the bridge yesterday


These two ladies enjoyed a cruise on the River Thames in Christchurch Meadows in Oxford


Temperatures are expected to peak at 73F (23C) this weekend, with tomorrow forecast to be marginally warmer than today
Tomorrow will then be damp for many with heavy rain possible – although it will be drier in the south east, where temperatures for the weekend are expected to peak at about 73F (23C).
The wet conditions have brought some much-needed relief to parts of southern and central England which have spent the equivalent of around two months of 2018 without any recorded rainfall.
Southeast England clocked up 64 days of zero average rainfall between January and July, while central England had 54 days. The last time both regions had a higher number of rain-free days in this period was the mid-1990s.
By the end of the month, the weather will become dry again but with occasional thunderstorms.

Two women walk across Tower Bridge in the heavy rain in London yesterday afternoon as the capital is hit by bad weather


Pedestrians run for cover as a sudden rain shower hits Uxbridge in West London amid bad weather in the capital yesterday

Women run for cover as the rain pelts central London during yesterday afternoon’s downpour, leaving the capital’s commuters and workers soaked

Branded balloons get ready to take-off across Bristol

More than 300 balloons flew across Bristol this morning