Britain ‘hotter than Honolulu’ before thunderstorms roll in

• Britain is forecast to experience unusually high temperatures on Friday, with parts of the country, particularly the London-East Anglia corridor, potentially reaching 27C, exceeding Honolulu's forecast.
• These temperatures are approximately 10C above the average for early May, marking the warmest day of the year so far for some regions.
• The warm weather is attributed to a shift in wind direction, bringing warm air from the south, ending the recent chill on eastern and southern coasts.
• However, forecasters warn that this early-summer warmth will be short-lived, with heavy rain and thunder anticipated over the May Day bank holiday weekend.
• The Met Office predicts bright spells and showers for Saturday, followed by a significantly wetter Sunday across most of the country.

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UK set to be hotter than Hawaii on Friday, but rain and thunder are on the way