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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Fionnula Hainey

Weather forecast: UK set for one last hot and sunny weekend as Autumn approaches

Brits should make the most of the weather this weekend as the UK is set for one last dose of summer sunshine before Autumn approaches.

The mercury is due to soar up to eight degrees above average in some parts of the country on Saturday.

Temperatures could hit highs of 26 degrees in eastern parts of England, with the rest of the UK expected to reach at least the high teens or low 20s.

Emma Smith, meteorologist for the Met Office, said: "We are looking to 21C to 22C as we go into Friday and the same into Saturday."

"In eastern areas, we are likely to see 26C as a maximum temperature - this time of year we should have a maximum of 18C or 19C in London."

Although it will be toasty, as the high pressure begins to move east the wind will pick up in western parts of the British Isles and could reach speeds of 45mph in parts of Wales, western Scotland and the Northern Irish coast.

The warm weather will stick around into Sunday but it won't last long as the tail end of Hurricane Humberto blows towards the UK from the Bahamas.

It's set to bring wind and rain from Monday - which is the first day of autumn.

The storm is expected to hit Britain on Monday brining strong winds and heavy rain (Mirror)

Ms Smith said: "On Sunday, the temperature will start to turn downwards - we could still see a high of 24C but that will be quite isolated in the east of England.

"From there on in, we do get unsettled weather day by day with temperatures falling down to where they should be for this time of year.

"Hurricane Humberto is moving towards us and becoming very quickly downgraded so it's not going to be a hurricane by the time it gets to us, but it will bring with it wet and windy weather."

She added: "It will be quite unstable all next week with low pressure coming towards us through the jet stream.

"On Tuesday there will be widespread showers - the heaviest showers will be in the South West with a few rumbles of thunder.

"Most of the rain will be in the North West and there's a risk of gales, so it will be quite an unsettled end to the month."

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