@Shinji Ikari I'm just parroting what the Met Office said, lol. It was them that called it. Seemingly correctly again, as the days and numbers are firming up as we get closer.
I find it impressive that they are repeatedly calling these things correctly and accurately from several days, up to a couple of weeks in advance. They got the duration of the spring sunshine spot on, the breakdown of that weather spot on, and now this predicted (mini) heat wave looks like it will be as and when predicted.
Weather forecasting famously never used to be this good, it seemed to be wrong more often than not, and that was just for the next day! Michael Fish from BBC Weather in the 1980s memorably stated - 'For those of you that have heard there may be a hurricane on the way - don't worry - I can assure you that there isn't'. I'm sure you can guess what happened next, if you weren't yet around at that time. But just to confirm, we got one of the worst hurricanes that I can ever recall in the UK, the very next day. Amazingly Michael Fish wasn't sacked. He was just going off the data given to him I suppose, and he was a good presenter.
@Shambles, I've tried visiting the Scottish highlands a few times over recent years, and did notice that even while the weather was clear and bright in England, the further north and west one got into scotland, the worse the weather became.
Misty / rainy / overcast.
It took me about 3 attempts to be able to visit Skye, and to actually have sunshine instead of mist, cloud, and general murk, and to actually be able to see the sights.
If people think the weather in England or Wales is often bad, they should try the Western Scottish Highlands especially.
I hear Ireland is even worse than Wales in terms of rain. Not sure if it's worse than Scotland.