Today will save the Bank Holiday weekend from being a total washout with warmer temperatures and sunny spells expected across large parts of the country.
After thick cloud and heavy rain blighted festivals and beach trips yesterday, with 40mm of rain in some places, Monday is looking much brighter with promises of 70F heat this afternoon.
Revellers at Notting Hill Carnival won’t have to dance in the rain like they did yesterday, with forecasters predicting a dry day for London and the south east and temperatures improving later.
But there is still chaos in store for people travelling home from their Bank Holiday getaways today with 14 million cars due to have hit the roads over the long weekend.
London Euston Station is also closed to due to engineering works, which is set to cause major disruption for those travelling back to the capital today.
Bank Holiday washout: Two young women are pictured covering their heads from the rain at Leeds Festival yesterday
There is still chaos in store for people travelling home from their Bank Holiday getaways today with 14 million cars due to have hit the roads over the long weekend. Cars are pictured on the A14 near Cambridge today
Muddy hell! A young man at Leeds Festival is pictured sliding around in his muddy tent at Leeds Festival yesterday afternoon
Yesterday revellers at Leeds Festival (pictured) and The Big Feastival endured heavy rain with 40.2mm in parts of Wales
For those mourning the recent heatwave, the Britons can look forward to another Indian summer, with the El Nino weather phenomenon set to bring hotter-than-usual temperatures until November.
It won’t be a completely dry day for the whole country, with north west England and Wales expected to get some showers and largely cloudy skies.
Mumbles Head, near Swansea, had 40.2 millimetres of rain yesterday and Cardiff saw 38.2 millimetres as Wales ‘bore the brunt’ of the downpours on Sunday, according to Met Office meteorologist Craig Snell.
There were ‘many parts which saw a decent amount of rain’ with the south west of England getting 30 millimetres while the the south east had 10 millimetres.
Today top temperatures will be in the south east of England, making the capital and beaches in Kent, Essex and Brighton the best places to soak up the last of the Bank Holiday.
Meteorologist Helen Roberts said Monday is ‘looking like a much better day’ in comparison to yesterday, with temperatures expected to reach the high teens and low 20s for many.
She added: ‘Certainly the feel of things will be much better, it will certainly feel warmer. There will be a fair amount of cloud around but with bright spells as well. A few showers possible, but a good deal of dry and fine weather for many.’
Weather in the south east of England is going to be much better than yesterday, when a Bank Holiday washout left revellers at Notting Hill Carnival (pictured) in west London battling heavy rain as they tried to enjoy the celebrations
Festival goers in Leeds quickly abandoned summer clothes and adorned hoodies, baseball caps and raincoats at the festival yesterday. Today is going to be much warmer and brighter, with the north and west of England still experiencing showers
Met Office meteorologist Sarah Kent added: ‘Some parts will see bright spells on Monday although it’s going to be a rather cloudy day. There are going to be a few showers around.’
Commenting on the hotter weather to come, a Met Office spokesman said: ‘Heat released by El Nino events typically drives a short-lived spike in global temperatures.
‘A region marked ‘warmer likely’ in El Nino conditions means a greater than 50 per cent chance that the temperature will be in the top third of temperatures observed in the season.’
Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst also commented: ‘Largely fine weather is expected from Thursday. In the period to September 22, it is most likely much of the UK will see a good deal of dry, warm and settled weather.
‘Daytime temperatures are expected to be above average overall, especially in the South and East where it may become very warm – and with the warmer conditions perhaps spreading further North and West at times.’
The Met Office’s long-range forecast to the end of October reads: ‘The likelihood of above-average temperatures is greater than normal.’
RECORD DRUGS HAUL AT LEEDS FESTIVAL AS WASHOUT FAILS TO DAMPEN SPIRITS OF REVELLERS
Police seized a record amount of drugs as Leeds Festival ended with a washout.
The Met Office said up to 10mm of rain fell on the site where revellers in hot pants and bikinis switched to kagools and wellies.
The heavens opened before lunch and continued throughout the afternoon. But a police crackdown on drug dealers netted a record haul.
West Yorkshire Police’s Assistant Chief Constable Angela Williams, tweeted a series of photos of drugs taken at the site including MDMA, the horse tranquiliser Ketamine and cocaine.
She said: ‘With our drugs expert Jamie at Leeds Fest watching various drugs that have been seized, being tested.
‘A record year this year for the seizure of illegal drugs-the dogs are working flat out. *Don’t risk your health or your future please.’
Pictured: Revellers’ spirits weren’t dampened by rain at Leeds Festival. Meanwhile police were busy seizing a record amount of drugs
On Friday she tweeted a picture of several large bags of drugs saying: ‘Extremely busy at a Leeds Fest whilst Kings of Leon on- but if you bring drugs in to deal, you will be arrested. Be warned!’
The sodden end to the festival did little to dampen spirits. Student Tilly Wade, 17, from Ipswich, said she expected the rain.
She said: ‘It is going to happen, you just have to get on with it. We haven’t had a shower for says so a little rain won’t trouble us.’
Software company worker Charlie Water, 24, from manchester said: ‘It is pretty dismal but you just carry on. We are not going to let it spoil the day.
The final day saw a headline set by rapper Kendrick Lamar and performances from Panic at the Disco! and Dua Lipa.
The Met Office said up to 10mm of rain fell on the site where revellers in hot pants and bikinis switched to kagools and wellies (pictured)