Overview

• High pressure is expected to bring sunny spells for most areas through the long weekend with only isolated light showers.
• Temperatures will edge up day by day, with the Met Office forecasting highs around 26C on Monday in parts of the Midlands and the South East.
• The Met Office says the warmer conditions do not constitute a heatwave.
• A small chance of showers is focused on the far southwest on Monday, with a growing risk of cloudier, breezier conditions and outbreaks of rain later next week, initially in the southwest.
• WX Charts maps reported by BirminghamLive suggest a lower-confidence possibility of 30–31C in parts of England around 26 August.