This year's summer will be hotter than usual for Britain - but forecasters have warned it could also be a VERY wet one.
Temperatures will hover above average but will be accompanied by wet and windy conditions, according to a prediction by the Weather Company.
The picture for the next few few months does not bode well for sun-worshippers.
"Although there is significant divergence in the various raw climate model output for summer, the calibrated versions ... are both indicating widespread warmth this summer, especially across central and eastern Europe," it said.
It also revised its earlier forecast for southern and eastern Europe and May is now expected to be cooler than previously expected.
The Weather Company, which is owned by IBM, uses advanced computer-generated models to create an accurate long-term weather forecast.
Despite the cold and miserable May Bank holiday, Met Office weather forecasters say it's not all bad news on the horizon.
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The persistent cold and rain will disappear during the course of next week - with some claims that a Spanish plume is headed to Britain.
The Met Office’s Emma Smith told HullLive : “The bank holiday weekend is pretty unstable.
“But by next weekend it will be far more settled with temperatures into the high teens and that will continue towards the end of the month.
“At the end of May the temperatures will become more seasonal, around 16C, but it could actually be warmer than that.
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According to the Met Office’s three-month forecast, temperatures are looking to be above average as the summer months move closer.
Forecaster Alex Deakin said: “The longer range, three-month outlook is suggesting that higher pressure is more likely than lower pressure, and higher temperatures are more likely than lower temperatures.
“A trend towards some finer weather as we go into early summer, but of course, any individual spell of hot weather can’t be forecast at that kind of range.
”The trend does look drier than average.”
WeatherOutlook’s Brian Gaze also said the UK could see temperatures up to 28C as soon as this month.
He said: “28C would not be a surprise later in May, with warm air, known as a Spanish plume, expected to arrive from southern Europe.”
While there is a lot of cynicism about dramatic forecasts, the Spanish plume is a thing.
Ms Smith said: “The Spanish plume does exist and there is a good chance we will have higher than average temperatures through to July. But that does not necessarily translate into a three-month heatwave."
