There will be a silver lining on the Monday as the sun reappears
This bank holiday weekend (August 29 to August 31) might not be the one Londoners have hoped for.
After successive heatwaves, a bit of rain has been a welcome relief over the past week. Thunderstorms, however, are another matter entirely.
They’re currently forecast by the BBC to sweep in on Saturday and Sunday. They look set to be intermittent, coming and going, but if you add them up, it looks like they’ll be around for nine or so hours.
That’s between 5pm and 7pm on Saturday, and on and off between 3pm and 11pm on the Sunday.
It’s worth noting that the BBC, like other meteorlogists, works on the basis on probabilities. In other words, it reckons there’s a decent enough chance of thunderstorms across this period that it’s worth flagging so you can plan accordingly.
It by no means, however, guarantees that this is what the weather will be like. This forecast could change as soon as this afternoon.
Both Saturday and Sunday like to be consistently wet, as well, though it’s only light rain. Temperatures will linger between 15C and the early twenties.
After all that dreariness, Monday – the last day of August – might put a skip in your step. Currently temperatures look to be roughly for same as the two days before, but it should be dry and sunny, if a little cloudy.
It should be a nice start to September, too, with Tuesday and Wednesday (September 1 and 2) similarly sunny. The rain looks set to return on September 3 and 4 though, while on Sunday September 6, the storms are back.
For those of you heading to Notting Hill Carnival, the family day (Sunday, August 30) could be a wet one, then. The Monday – when the main carnival and celebrations take place – should be dry and clear.
The Met Office, meanwhile, says that it’s difficult to forecast for mid-September onward given how far ahead it is.
The long range foreacst for September 11 to September 25 reads: “Signals are fairly limited from mid-September onward.
“At first, probably a continuation of a changeable regime with the wettest conditions in the northwest and longer drier interludes in the southeast. However, the distribution of rainfall soon becomes very unclear though compared to earlier in the month there is a greater chance of more prolonged settled/dry spells.
“Temperatures likely varying around average with some warm spells likely, especially in the south.”
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