After a week of mixed weather, it looks as though a more settled forecast could be on the way.
The Met Office predict that this week will remain largely dry, with temperatures reaching 20C and more. Across Merseyside today, Monday, June 13, it will be cloudy for the most of the day, but in the afternoon and into the evening there will be breaks in the cloud of sunny spells.
Forecasters say this will remain the case into Tuesday and Wednesday. It will then start to become much warmer from Wednesday onwards, with the weather peaking on Friday to 24C here in Merseyside.
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In the south, it will be even warmer still, with the Met Office forecast predicting highs of 32C in the south-east on Friday. Looks like summer could finally be on the way, after some weeks of unpredictable weather.
Steven Keates of the Met Office said: "There’s not been much in the way of exceptionally warm days or hot days yet this year, but that is set to change. We’re set to see probably a brief spell of hot weather at the end of this coming week."
He added: "It could possibly be a little hotter than that… mid-30s are possible...We should beat that comfortably on Friday and potentially exceed it, or get very close to it, on Wednesday and Thursday as well.
"We think at the moment it will be warmer than average with an increasing likelihood of heatwaves. There have been no heatwaves so far this year... the greater likelihood is that it's going to be the further south, south east, you are."
