Brits to sizzle in 20C heat blast next week in first sign of summer

Britain will get its first taste of summer in a glorious 20C heat blast next week after days of rain and flooding.

A high pressure system in the Atlantic will sweep the UK early in March to deliver some much-needed warm weather.

The latest weather maps on WXCharts show temperatures will rocket from this week’s sub-zero conditions to 19C.

The sizzling temperatures currently look set to arrive on Tuesday, March 10, with other forecasts also backing this up.

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According to Weather Outlook it will be around 17C, while BBC Weather predicts “mild” weather in mid-March.

The Met Office’s long-range forecasts predicts “settled, dry spells especially in the south” in the same period.

And Net Weather forecasts “high pressure increasingly developing to the south of Britain” leading to “above-average temperatures by day”.

The summer-like weather will be a huge welcome for the nation following weeks of strong winds and torrential rain.

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Daily Star Online yesterday mapped which areas in the UK are set to see snow this week as a wintry blast sweeps.

And this weekend the nation is facing more flooding chaos with the fourth weekend washout in a row.

But further ahead, BBC Weather predicts conditions to “become mild at times” as the 20C heat blast arrives.

Its forecast for Monday, March 9 to Sunday, March 22 reads: “As we move into the middle part of March, we should see a subtle change in the weather pattern.

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“Low pressure areas still look like bringing some wet and breezy weather at times. However, these lows should lift a little further north.

“This means that the southern half of the UK should gradually see a change to lengthier periods of drier and calmer weather.

“Rainfall here should become less frequent, allowing river levels to lower and the flooding situation to improve.

“Temperatures look like tending to rise through mid-March with a reducing risk of snow. It looks like become mild at times.”

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