London to be hotter than Barcelona as Met Office forecasts sunshine and 25C temperatures
Temperatures in London will rise to 25°C on Wednesday, making the capital hotter than Barcelona, according to the Met Office.
While sunshine and warm weather will be felt across much of the UK, parts of Manchester and Wales are expected to see highs of 21 degrees in the afternoon.
If temperatures in London reach 25°C as predicted, this will be enough to surpass the 20.9°C recorded on March 18 at Gogerddan, near Aberystwyth, on the hottest day of the year so far.
This will also mean that many parts of the UK will be warmer than Barcelona, which is expected to reach 19°C today.
Sunshine will also come to the southern parts of the country on Thursday and the temperature is estimated to reach 21 degrees in London.
It comes after Storm Dave brought snow and strong winds over the Easter weekend, causing travel chaos and leaving homes without power as it ravaged northern parts of the UK.
The Met Office said winds reached 93 mph at Capel Curig in North Wales, 75 mph gusts were recorded at Emley Moor in West Yorkshire and St Bees Head in Cumbria, and one of the 73 mph gusts was recorded at Buchan in Aberdeenshire.
Some properties in Scotland were left without power due to strong winds overnight. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) fault response teams were working on the network to reconnect a small number of affected customers, primarily in coastal Skye, Caithness and Aberdeenshire.
Meteorology weather forecast
Today
Generally cloudy in the north and west, with light rain in the early and later hours of the day. Elsewhere, a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and very hot in places, especially in the south and east.
Tonight
There will be streaks of rain in Northern Ireland and Scotland overnight. England and Wales, where the skies are clearest in the east, are mostly dry. A warm night away from the northwest.
Thursday
Following the rain, cool, showery weather will continue to move south-eastwards across the UK throughout Thursday. It remains dry and warm throughout the southeast until later.
Outlook from Friday to Sunday
Unstable with rain and showers continuing through Friday and the weekend. Some drier and brighter interludes develop in between, with temperatures near or occasionally slightly below average.
