London could be hit by wet and blustery conditions as the remnants of Hurricane Erin make their way across the Atlantic next week.
The Category 4 hurricane is expected to bring heavy downpours and life-threatening rip currents to the eastern coast of the United States in the coming days.
The major storm is not expected to reach land, but it has already begun to hit the south-eastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, with tropical storm warnings now in effect.
But the effects of the storm will not be felt in Britain until next week and the change in conditions is not forecast until after the Bank Holiday break, according to the BBC.
The broadcaster’s lead weather presenter Simon King explained: “Into next week, the weather will eventually turn a little more unsettled with the remnants of what will be ex-hurricane Erin.
"While Erin is still over 3,000 miles away from the UK, it will eventually weaken as it moves across the North Atlantic and arrive to the west of the UK as an area of low pressure – a process we often see in the UK from mid-August as the hurricane season starts to pick up.
"And being over a week away, there are still lots of uncertainties with the forecast, but we could see some wet and at times windy weather from mid-week."
BBC Weather is forecasting sunny intervals throughout the week with temperatures expected to climb to 24C on Tuesday.
Events such as Notting Hill Carnival and Reading Festival are also likely to escape heavy downpours as the weather looks settled over the bank holiday period.
The BBC has forecasted that parts of central and southern England will see temperatures between 23C and 25C on Saturday.
Similarly, the Met Office has forecast that temperatures will slowly rise during the week and could reach 25C on Sunday and Monday. Provisional data from the Met Office shows that this summer could be one of the hottest on record for the UK.
The summer has been marked by persistent warm temperatures, even outside the four heatwaves which have hit the country, with June and July both seeing well-above-average conditions.
With two weeks to go until the end of the meteorological summer, conditions could still shift, but the season’s overall warmth and consistently above-average temperatures mean it could rank among the UK’s warmest in records dating back to 1884.
Provisional figures from the Met Office show that the UK’s average temperature from June 1 to August 17 stands at 16.2C, some 1.6C above the average temperature.
