Parts of the UK are set to bask in 29C heat as a blast of “tropical” air washes over the continent.
Temperatures have steadily increased through the weekend, with highs of 25C expected in the southeast on Sunday.
But the mercury should rise to its highest point on Monday, when London will experience 29C heat, described by one Met Office forecaster as a “blast of summer”.
The warm weather is expected to remain well through the week, although some showers are possible, mainly in the west.
The spell of hot weather is thanks to “tropical continental air pushing up from a southerly direction in combination with light winds" and much of the continent will see balmy temperatures, the Met Office’s Bonnie Diamond said on Friday.
While meteorologists had feared the wave of warm weather could bring thunderstorms on Tuesday, the current forecasts appear to show little sign of this coming to pass.
However, parts of Scotland are currently grappling with “a marked difference” in weather than the rest of the UK.
Weather warnings are in force all weekend down the west of Scotland and the Hebrides.
Nearly a month’s-worth of rainfall has fallen in a single day, with more than 100mm having been recorded at Achnagart in less than 24 hours from Saturday evening.
The Met Office warned disruption could continue on Sunday afternoon, at which point seven flood alerts were in force, in addition to three more severe flood warnings covering agriculture land at Ben Nevis, near Inverness, and further north at Strath Oykel.
“The good news for Scotland is that rain will finally have cleared by Monday and actually they’re going to enjoy a largely dry and sunny day there too,” Ms Diamond said.
