Monday to be hotter than southern Italy
BBC Weather’s Darren Bett has revealed that mercury is expected to remain in the high teens and low 20s in the south and east of England.
Speaking about Monday, Bett has said that temperatures are set to reach 23C – more than Palermo in south Italy which will be 17C.
He said: “It’s going to be a fine day today. A lot of weather around and lots of sunshine and it will feel warm in the sunshine as well.
“There is some low cloud heading our way at the moment but if we look out in the Atlantic, this cloud is going to bring some changes in the northwest tomorrow.
“Overnight tonight we’re going to find the wind picking up in the northwest of the UK.
“The thickening cloud will come in and we’ll start to see some rain as well but it is likely to be dry and clear.
“A little bit of a chilly start to tomorrow across East Anglia and the northeast, must milder than the northwest.
“High pressure sitting over the UK at the moment is going to get squeezed away towards the east allowing these weather fronts to move down tomorrow and bring with it the rain.
“We’re going to find it getting wetter more widely tomorrow across Northern Ireland.
“After a bright start withouth the clouds in England and Wales we will see the cloud tending to increase from the northwest but it’s likely to stay dry.
“With the sunshine across the southeastern parts, it’s going to be quit warm with temperatures getting up to 23C.”
