{"id":81075,"date":"2026-09-05T08:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81075\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T08:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:05:20","slug":"bbc-weather-expert-delivers-september-heatwave-verdict-as-france-and-spain-hit-40c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81075\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC weather expert delivers September heatwave verdict as France and Spain hit 40C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A weather expert has issued their verdict as to whether the UK could experience <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/heatwave\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">heatwave conditions<\/a> at the start of September. The Met Office says that today Brits can expect a &#8220;few showers around during the day, mainly in the north, otherwise plenty of fine <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/weather\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">weather<\/a> with some sunny spells&#8221;. It added: &#8220;Feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine, and as winds ease.&#8221; Tonight, is predicted to be dry in many eastern and southeastern areas, with &#8220;clear spells and gentle winds&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elsewhere becoming cloudier and breezy, even windy in the northwest, with some showery rain,&#8221; experts say. On Sunday, many places will be &#8220;starting rather cloudy with some showery rain&#8221;, the Met Office adds. &#8220;Rain becoming mostly confined towards the north and far west, where windy,&#8221; it says. &#8220;Very warm sunshine developing in the south and southeast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From Monday to Wednesday, the outlook reads: &#8220;Rainbands moving southeast across the UK on Monday, followed by sunshine and showers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/e937fb23-6453-4b47-a323-75cdc54ddffd.jpg\"><img alt=\"People walk along Nice beachfront in hot weather\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/e937fb23-6453-4b47-a323-75cdc54ddffd.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Europe has seen high temperatures (Image: Getty)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rain heaviest in the north, where gales possible. Generally drier, brighter with lighter winds midweek.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Looking further ahead, the Met Office expects &#8220;a trend towards more widely settled conditions seems likely from around next weekend and beyond, as high pressure becomes increasingly influential in the vicinity of the UK&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This should lead to longer, drier interludes, especially in the south and southwest, with any rain or showers more likely towards the north and east,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>It added as regards the end of September and early October: &#8220;High pressure initially close to the UK, with a continuation of more settled conditions at times, may eventually start to weaken its influence on the weather towards the end of September.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This will mean temperatures &#8220;will likely be a little above average overall, with relatively cool nights possible at first tending to reduce in frequency later in the period&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s Lead Weather Presenter, Sarah Keith-Lucas, has examined <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/weather\/articles\/cyvzq94g604o\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">on the broadcaster&#8217;s website<\/a> whether a heatwave could be in store for Britain as Europe is Europe sees temperatures of 40C.<\/p>\n<p>She said &#8220;warmer air will push into the UK this weekend as winds turn more southerly&#8221;, but this will &#8220;not be as extreme&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday will be the warmest day of the weekend, the specialist wrote, with temperatures across England and Wales expected to be in the low to mid 20s.<\/p>\n<p>However, parts of the southeast could reach 27 or 28C.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The warmth is forecast to fade quickly as fresher Atlantic air and rain-bearing fronts are likely to arrive through next week,&#8221; Ms Keith-Lucas added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A return to heatwave conditions is unlikely through the next 10 days.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A weather expert has issued their verdict as to whether the UK could experience heatwave conditions at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-81075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}