UK prepares to bask in the hottest days of the year but rain and thunderstorms also expected
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UK prepares to bask in the hottest days of the year but rain and thunderstorms also expected

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Britain is expected to bask in its hottest days of the year so far today and tomorrow, forecasters said. “This is going to be a warm week and Wednesday will easily be the hottest day of the year so far,” a Met Office spokesman said, adding that the sudden change of fortune has been caused by a stretch of good weather on the Continent. Speaking to The Independent then, a spokesman said “typical British weather” of sporadic showers and brief sunny spells would prevail until next week. “We have seen a run of unusual seasons in the UK and northern Europe, such as the cold winter of 2010, last year's wet weather and the cold spring this year,' a Met Office spokesman said.

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