UK weather sees ‘mini heatwave’ as London set to be hotter than Barcelona

The UK is set to be hotter than Barcelona tomorrow, with parts of the south seeing highs of 26°C.

After a brief spell of cold weather, England is now basking in a mini heatwave, even as central Europe has been hit by devastating floods.

The Met Office predicts it will get to 26°C this hot around London tomorrow, with almost all of England and Wales well above 20°C.

Jim Dale, the founder of British Weather Services, said: ‘I think the peak of this mini heatwave will see 26°C later in the week.’

He told the Express: ‘We had the complete opposite earlier this month, a few weeks ago when we had terrible weather.’

The warm temperatures are ‘not unprecedented for this time of year’ by they may make you feel like you have whiplash after getting the winter coats out of storage when Arctic air brought a much chillier start to the month.

Jim said: ‘September is seen as a new summer month and soon we might see October as an extension of summer, that’s the direction of travel.

‘Where we could regularly see temperatures in the early 20s in October, maybe even November, that would class as an Indian summer.’

The maximum temperature in Barcelona tomorrow is predicted to be 24°C, so the UK would be hotter than the Spanish city in an unusual turnaround.

While the Met Office has not given such a warm forecast, they said there will be a ‘fine end to the day’ with more clear skies tomorrow.

‘Cloud will gradually build in from the east once again, helping to keep temperatures up here,’ they said.

It will ‘remain warm for the next few days once any low cloud lifts and breaks’.

People have been enjoying the fine weather, with photos from London showing crowds out and about in t-shirts and sunbathing.

After tomorrow, there will still be warm days for some, but there will be the risk of storms appearing.

The Met Office forecast says it will be ‘largely dry in the north with sunny spells. Showers or longer spells of rain edging in from the south from Friday, heavy with thunder possible. Warm in the sunshine’

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