UK weather: Met Office predicts exact date when heatwave will end - heavy rain and thunderstorms on the way

After a week of basking in the scorching sun, thunderstorms are expected to start later this week across the UK, bringing an abrupt end to the heatwave. The Met Office predicts that there will be a higher chance of showers in the west on Friday (June 16), followed by widespread thunderstorms in the south beginning on Saturday (June 17)

Temperatures have reached 30°C once more this week, but the Met Office predicts that they will continue in the mid to high 20s over the coming days. However, temperatures are not expected to exceed the highest on record so far this year of 32.2C in Chertsey, Surrey on June 10 although there will still be plenty of sunshine.