UK weather forecast: Will UK be hit by June HEATWAVE? Met Office long range forecast

This weekend, Britain will be bombarded with heavy showers and even more thunderstorms as an “danger to life” warning was issued.

A Met Office yellow weather warning was also put in place, suggesting thundery showers will dump nearly three inches of rain across parts of Britain this weekend.

Meteorologist Ellie Creed said: “Rain will slowly creep its way northwestwards, meanwhile showers will develop further west.

“For Northern Ireland, it could be heavy and thundery here. Iit will be humid for many of us with temperatures reaching highs of around 23 degrees.”

The Environment Agency has almost 50 flood alerts in place across central and northern England as river levels continue to rise after a week of downpours.

A spokesman said: “Surface water flooding is possible across parts of eastern and northern England on Saturday.

“Flooding may also occur from rivers in these areas, especially smaller rivers through towns and cities.

“Land, roads and some properties may flood and travel disruption is likely.”

But Brits need not fear, as the humid conditions will not stick around for long according to the Met Office long range forecast for June 2018.

Will the UK be hit by a June heatwave?

Temperatures are expected to rocket over the coming days - with Britain due to bake in a 30C (86F) heatwave next weekend.

The UK could even see a month-long scorcher, with sunshine and blue skies likely until the middle of June at least.

James Madden, forecaster for Exacta Weather, said: “Forecasts into the start of the meteorological summer reveal a settled pattern of warm to hot temperatures with no give until at least mid-June.

“We expect it to turn increasingly warmer through the first week of the month with many parts of the country basking in temperatures in the mid 20Cs.

“It could be rather muggy and humid with some variable cloud cover, but when the sun does come out it will feel extremely hot as summer gets underway.”

Following a week of muggy conditions, the weather front pummelling Britain will improve next week -

Temperatures will hover in the low to mid-20s across much of the UK through the weekend and into next week, the Met Office said.

And temperatures will even nudge towards the 30C (86F)-mark in parts, according to WeatherAction.com forecaster Piers Corbyn.

He said: “The first week of June looks like dishing up a bit of a mixed bag, although it will start to turn warmer and more settled there will be some more thunderstorms around.

“However it is from the second week of the month onwards when we expect to see a return to heatwave conditions, very hot weather is expected over Europe and some of that is going to influence the UK.

“We expect this to continue through to mid-month after which it will continue to be vary warm with another heatwave situation expected at some point.

“Temperatures could hit 30C next weekend, so apart from a slightly cooler start and end to the month we expect a blazing June of sunshine and dry weather.”

What is the Met Office long range forecast?

The Met Office’s long-range outlook points towards generally dry, warm weather continuing into the middle of June.

The forecast fron June 1 to june 16 reads: "Thursday should see a good deal of fine weather in the north with sunny spells.

"However, skies are likely to be generally cloudier in central and southern parts with a risk of scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms. Generally very warm for many, with cooling sea breezes on some coasts.

"Through the second weekend of June, there's a continued risk of thundery showers in parts of the south, although it may become more generally unsettled in the west later that Sunday.

"Through the rest of this forecast period until the middle of June, more changeable weather is likely with showers or longer spells of rain pushing in from the west, but interspersed with some drier and warmer periods."

The end of the month will see a risk of scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms, which could affect southern and western parts at times,.

But there will be some dry and bright weather too.

The forecast until July 1 said: "While temperatures may be close to or a little above normal for a time, there will be an ongoing risk that warm, humid and perhaps thundery conditions will spread across the UK from the continent.

"The last week of the month may become more generally settled, with a chance of warmer temperatures and more sunshine for many."

But until then, storm will continue across Scotland and eastern England on Saturday.

The Met Office has issued warnings for torrential and disruptive rain across the region from mid-morning until 9pm.