Is Spring FINALLY on its way? Britain is 始める,決める to bask in 20C highs by the 週末 as nation starts hotting up by 中央の-week - but 予報官s 警告する of an April にわか雨 deluge first with parts of UK under flood watch

April にわか雨s will continue this week as parts of Britain 直面する strong 勝利,勝つd and rain - but warmer 天候 is on its way for May with 20C (68F) highs by the 週末.

予報官s 推定する/予想する warmer 天候 to return 中央の-week, with South East England 始める,決める to enjoy the highest 気温s にもかかわらず a continued 脅し of downpours.

可能性のある にわか雨s will be scattered across the UK, while eastern Scotland will see the chilliest 天候 this week after some parts fell to -3C (27F) this morning.

But 気象学者s said 'pleasant and warmer 天候' is on the way for many areas later this week に引き続いて a washout 週末 that saw sports matches cancelled.

Flood 脅しs remained for much of England today, with the 環境 機関 問題/発行するing four 警告s for '推定する/予想するd' flooding and 95 警報s for 'possible' flooding.

People out on a sunny morning in the countryside at Dunsden in Oxfordshire today

People out on a sunny morning in the countryside at Dunsden in Oxfordshire today

Pretty skies at dawn over the countryside at Dunsden in Oxfordshire this morning

Pretty skies at 夜明け over the countryside at Dunsden in Oxfordshire this morning

A beautiful sunrise this morning over the Oxfordshire countryside at Dunsden

A beautiful sunrise this morning over the Oxfordshire countryside at Dunsden

Rainfall totals for the week up to Friday show how western areas will face the wettest weather

降雨 totals for the week up to Friday show how western areas will 直面する the wettest 天候

The Environment Agency has issued four flood warnings (in red) and 95 alerts (in amber)

The 環境 機関 has 問題/発行するd four flood 警告s (in red) and 95 警報s (in amber)

Low 圧力 will continue to 支配する the 天候 today, with 地元で 激しい showery rain 影響する/感情ing the North and West but 条件s mostly 罰金 どこかよそで.

Today will also feel pleasantly warm in the 日光, but cooler in the wet and breezy 条件s that some areas will 耐える.

Low 圧力 will be sitting to the West tomorrow, feeding その上の showery 天候 in across the UK although there will also be some warm 日光.

By Wednesday, low 圧力 will be still の近くに by giving some にわか雨s and low cloud 近づく North Sea coasts, but there will be warm 日光 in other places.

Thursday will be warm but with freshening easterly 勝利,勝つd, although thundery にわか雨s will be possible in South, and it will be grey in the North East.

Another 公正に/かなり 風の強い day will follow on Friday, although with some 警告する 日光 and possible にわか雨s in places.

上級の 気象学者 at the Met Office Amy Bokota said: '気温s have been below 普通の/平均(する) for the last couple of weeks, so certainly by the time we get to Wednesday, and probably into next 週末, 気温s will be warmer.

'It might not be the sort of glorious sort of heatwave that we're hoping for ... but there probably will be some more pleasant and warmer 天候 for some people as we 長,率いる に向かって the end of the week.'

Looking ahead to the 早期に May Bank Holiday 週末, the Met Office said: 'Northern parts of the UK are likely to be predominantly 乾燥した,日照りの, while areas of rain or にわか雨s, perhaps 激しい and thundery, (疑いを)晴らす erratically from the south to 勧める in a (一定の)期間 of drier 天候 here too.

'There is likely to be a fair 量 of low cloud in the east at times, with (一定の)期間s of 沿岸の 霧, but also 気温s 一般に above 普通の/平均(する) for the time of year.'

As for next week, the Met Office 追加するd: 'All areas are likely to see a mixture of periods of rain and drier interludes.

'全体にわたる, northern, 特に northwestern, parts of the UK will probably be driest and sunniest, while the more changeable 条件s remain more likely in the south. 気温s should remain の近くに to or a little above normal for 早期に May.'

It comes after 強い雨 interrupted sports matches and flood 警告s were 問題/発行するd across the UK over the 週末.

Tourists cross Westminster Bridge in London while holding umbrellas in the rain yesterday

Tourists cross Westminster 橋(渡しをする) in London while 持つ/拘留するing umbrellas in the rain yesterday

Parts of the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles flooded yesterday after heavy rain

Parts of the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles flooded yesterday after 強い雨

緊急 services were called to 補助装置 two people inside a car that was 潜水するd in around 20in (50cm) of 洪水 under a 鉄道 橋(渡しをする) in Thurmaston, Leicester, yesterday morning.?

Cricket matches across England were 延期するd or cancelled because of the rain and soggy grounds, 含むing Vitality 郡 選手権 games in 郡 Durham, Yorkshire and Leicester.

The 環境 機関 問題/発行するd several flood 警告s yesterday, meaning flooding was 推定する/予想するd, 含むing in St Ives in Cornwall, areas on the River Wreake in Leicestershire, Water Eaton Brook at Water Eaton and several towns on the 小島 of Wight.

So far this month, the 最大限 気温 記録,記録的な/記録するd has been 21.8C (71.2F) in Writtle, Essex, on April 13. This was also the warmest day of the year so far.

The lowest 記録,記録的な/記録するd so far this month was -6.3C (20.7F) in Shap, Cumbria, on Saturday, April 26.

This morning, the low was -3.3C (26.1F) at the Cairn Gorm mountain 首脳会議 in the Highlands. The lowest 気温 in a city was 1.0C (33.8F) at Inverness.

There has also been a UK-wide 普通の/平均(する) of 8.4C (47.1F), によれば the Met Office.

Grey skies and wet 天候 means April may have felt 異常に 冷淡な にもかかわらず 気温s 存在 higher than 普通の/平均(する) for the time of year, the 天候 service 追加するd.