The third day of tennis play at Wimbledon got off to a damp start this morning in SW19, but Brits may look forward to next week, when it might start to feel more like summer.
Even though spectators endured torrential rain as they waited anxiously to enter the stadium this morning, excitement has been growing there.
The anticipation building for three major matches on Centre Court on Wednesday at London’s historic tennis tournament, featuring players like Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu, and Novak Djokovic, has not been dampened by the drizzle.
And it appears that the canopy over Wimbledon’s courts may need to be kept firmly in place this week due to the possibility of severe, thunderous showers.
The Met Office said that it will feel warm in the sunshine despite the fact that there is a lot of rain anticipated towards the end of the week. The weather is expected to be pretty sunny in between any showers.
Additionally, a “ridge of high pressure” that will develop from the Azores is predicted to move into the UK the following week, bringing with it better weather, warmer temperatures, and a stronger sense of summer.
A Met Office spokeswoman, Grahame Madge, told MailOnline that “the prediction is generally improving.” Over the following three days, the UK is expected to see rains, some of which could be severe and thunderous.
However, there won’t be many showers between them, and it’ll be fairly sunny and warm for the time of year.
This pattern of sunshine and showers will continue through the weekend and the first few days of next week, when a ridge of high pressure is anticipated to develop from the Azores, perhaps bringing better weather and warmer temperatures.
The Met Office also predicts that later tonight, there will be numerous heavy showers in places around the Irish Sea. Additionally, they issued a thunder and hail risk warning.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued a flood alert for the Scottish region of Dumfries and Galloway.
Today’s highs in the north, including Biggar and Edinburgh in Scotland and Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, will range from 14C to 16C (60.8F and 62.6F), while the south of England will enjoy highs primarily between 16C and 17C (60.8F and 62.6F) (57.2F).
On Thursday, Milton Keynes and London will see afternoon highs of 19C (66.2F), while Peterborough and Whitby will experience 20C (68F) highs. The days of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be very similar.
This week, rain is expected every day, with a larger band of showers sweeping east across the majority of the country on Saturday.
In contrast to other parts of the country, the north west of England will have rain on Sunday.
The region of low pressure that has been with us today and will be with us for the rest of the week will bring rain or showers, according to Chris Fawkes of BBC Weather.
“We start off on Wednesday morning with a band of rain throughout east Scotland and eastern sections of England. That band clears relatively fast, and then basically when that has gone, it is a day of sunshine and showers.”
At the beginning of next week, more settled conditions are anticipated, in contrast to the sporadic showers that Britons will see for the remainder of this week.
Between Sunday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 12, the Met Office reported a generally “more settled regime,” however there may occasionally be brief periods of organized cloud and rain that affect northern areas.
They stated: “Southern and eastern regions are more likely to experience frequent dry and sunny conditions during the season.”
Temperatures in the northwest are feeling close to normal or even mild, but they will certainly rise above average as the period ends and stable conditions expand.
“Temperatures above average to quite warm in the south and east.”