UK weather maps will sizzle red as an Iberian blast of air scorches Britain as April continues. WX Charts for 29 April, the end of the fourth month of the year, show warm weather has been forecast for the country as we head towards May.
The highest temperatures will be seen in Norfolk, the Lake District, Birmingham, Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire, the maps and charts - produced using Met Desk data - indicate. It comes after the BBC said the end of the month would see "calmer" conditions prevail.
It said: "Confidence in the forecasts for late April and early May continues to decline as increasingly uncertain weather patterns develop. The global models are more or less assuming a build-up or continuation of high pressure near the UK and a trough over southern and central Europe (high-over-low pattern).
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"At the same time the low pressure over central Europe could later extend to parts of southern England. Temperatures are likely to be around average at first, with calmer and drier conditions expected mainly in the north and north-west, while the south could become wetter and windier.
"Temperatures could rise slightly above average in the second week of May. here is also the possibility that conditions will calm down overall from the beginning of May and temperatures will continue to rise, with the area of high pressure over Scandinavia continuing to establish itself and bringing a warm and dry easterly flow."
"The wind will probably therefore predominantly come from a northerly or easterly direction, so temperatures at least in the east are likely to remain around or a little below average, with any warmer conditions generally further west - and with the sun quite strong, it could feel very warm at times," the Met Office agrees.
It also said it will feel "very warm" at times.
