UK Weather: Parts of the UK to be hotter than California as Met Office issues yellow weather warning for rain

High pressure is set to cause temperatures to soar over 30C in some parts of the UK, making them hotter than California in the US. Warmer weather is expected for some towards the end of the week once heavy rain has passed.

Tropical air is set to bring warmer temperatures from the middle of the week, meaning that parts of southeast England could reach 32C on Friday. The Met Office has forecast the warmer temperatures for some part of the country which will be higher than the 26C forecasted for Los Angeles.

However, rainy weather will start the week, with The Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning for rain for Wales and the north of England. Two inches of rain is set to fall on Monday, which is about half a month’s worth for parts of Northern Wales.

The UK experienced its sixth-wettest July on record last month, with flooding and strong winds from Storm Antoni bringing further disruption into the start of August.

The Met Office has forecast persistent and heavy rain, with a risk of hail and thunder for some that will move northeast across England and Wales. However, moving into Tuesday fine weather and sunny spells should become more prominent with showers becoming fewer each day.

Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said the yellow weather warning runs through the early hours of Monday morning and into the evening, ending at 9pm, adding that temperatures should remain between 18C-23C.

The forecaster said: “The good news is that low pressure moves out of the way as we go into Tuesday, so it should be a drier day on Tuesday. A better chance of seeing some sunny spells particularly across eastern parts of the UK.”

“An area of low pressure to the west of the UK and the Atlantic slowly starts to move towards us, What that allows to happen is for the winds to turn southerly, and we start to import some higher temperatures from the near continent.

“So, staying into Friday, we’re likely to see those temperatures rising, potentially getting towards the high 20s and then possibly by Friday and into the weekend, depending on cloud and shower distribution, we could locally see temperatures around 30C by the weekend.”