Temperatures will rise as high as 15 or 16C in the south on Tuesday. It will feel markedly like spring although it will be colder in the north.

The UK faces much-needed warm and lovely sunny weather this weekend after a -6C chill tonight, as the country sinks into a gloom amid the raging coronavirus crisis (St Anne's Beach).

The Met Office is warning of high pressure systems from the Atlantic and northern Europe crossing towards the eastern parts of the UK from Friday afternoon.

Snow is expected to hit parts of the UK while temperatures plummet to -8C in mini 'Beast from the East' set to batter lockdown Britain until next week (pictured, snow settling in Co Durham).

Britons feeling blue because of the coronavirus lockdown are set to bask in some sunshine with forecasters predicting temperatures could soar to 68F by Sunday.

Temperatures are set to rocket across the UK on Sunday and could hit up to 68F, but Britons will have to sunbathe from their back garden as the nation remains on lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis.

Forces across the country will be deployed to beauty spots, parks and roads amid mounting fears the public will leave their homes to soak up the sun. Pictured: A surfer in Tyne and Wear.

Temperatures are expected to be warmer than Ibiza in Britain today, with highs of 77F (25C) forecast in the south compared to 64F (18C) in the Spanish holiday hotspot.

Typical April weather will resume next week, with rain and much lower temperatures on the way. Britons have enjoyed sunshine in recent days, that has brought wisteria and tulips into bloom early.

The Met Office said the 'unsettled' theme will likely last into the beginning of May, becoming more 'settled' into the second week, May 11 onward, with 'mixed' conditions until the end of the month.

Brits will experience a mixed few days of weather this weekend, before the mercury will rise early next week, with sunny spells back on the horizon.

The Met Office forecast temperatures to hit up to 77F (25C) on Friday, with London possibly seeing 79F (26C) on Saturday, as a plume of hot air from the southern Mediterranean wafts across the UK.

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