So you have your street party planned, your flags at the ready or perhaps a picnic in the park to mark the extended bank holiday and the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. However, what does the weather have in store?
The Met office has been keeping an eye on how the weather changes this week to help it predict what we can expect for Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3. And you may just need to keep your brolly to handy.
Met Office deputy chief meteorologist, Dan Rudman, says: “There will be plenty of sunshine around this weekend [Saturday, May 28, and Sunday, May 29], with temperatures expected to reach 21C in some southern spots on Saturday. However, from Sunday it’ll be cooler for most and as we move into next week there’s a more mixed picture once again."
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Dan went on to warn that spells of rain will affect many places before more settled conditions arrive through the middle of the week. Adding that there would still be a "chance of some showers even then"
What can we expect for the long Bank Holiday weekend? Well Dan says: “Although the Jubilee Weekend is still a week away, what we’re keeping an eye on is how a plume of warm air behaves later in the week, which, despite returning temperatures to around average for the time of year, could also bring some showers as it moves in from the south and travels north on Thursday and Friday.”
