UK set for first 'heatwave' of 2023 in a matter of weeks

According to a weather expert, this heatwave could be on its way this month with temperatures of above 20C. Jim Dale, a senior meteorologist at British Weather Services, said temperatures could rise from around April 15, reports The Mirror.

Speaking to The Express, he said: "We do get heatwaves in April, it does happen. It'll be a soft heatwave for the second half of April, it could get somewhere in the mid-20s pushing to May, in that general direction."I can't be overly detailed at the moment, but the signs are there for this kind of change - it's when you see the charts going in that direction. The only thing we have to work with is unpredictability - but it is certainly going that way at the moment.

Here in the North, we could be seeing temperatures of around 19C while southern areas will see temperatures of 20C and above. Storms and unsettled conditions are widely expected next week and the Met Office said "Tuesday will likely mark the arrival of a low-pressure system to or close to the UK, bringing generally unsettled conditions for the first few days of this period, with strong winds and rain.

There may even be coastal gales between April 11 and April 20. "We are still waiting for our first UK-named storm of the year," Jim added. "We have had continental storms - and we had about six by this time last year."This year we have had none. But that doesn't yet mean we are out of the woods as next week it does get a bit gravelly." The Met Office, meanwhile, said in its long-range forecast that conditions through mid-April are likely to stay the same.

It said: "Generally, a continuation of conditions through mid-April is most likely. However, there is potential for more widely unsettled and perhaps windy weather at first, before settled conditions re-establish later in the month. It is most likely that temperatures will be close to or just above average."

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