Britain is set to be hotter than Australia today as temperatures hit 19C on what could be the warmest day of the year – but an Arctic barrage threatens snow this weekend.
T-shirt weather for stay-at-home Brits in their back gardens will cheer up millions - as the coronavirus lockdown continues amid a 500 mile-wide 'Portuguese pulse' of warm air.
Yesterday's highs pushing 18C are set to climb to 19C today, 8C above average. Britain is hotter than 17C Melbourne, Australia, where summer has only just ended.
But weather maps show a 1,000 mile-wide cold air Arctic barrage following as highs fall to 14C by Friday, and just 7-9C for most at the weekend, while -2C nights are due.
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