Temperatures set to climb by week's end (Image: GETTY and WX Charts)
But a long-awaited swelter is set to descend on the UK just in time for the Easter weekend. Temperatures will soar, ever pushing the gauge upwards, chocolate Easter eggs won’t stand a chance. But before the sauna-like conditions arrive, the true grit of winter will give one final kick.
Meteorologist Aidan McGivern summed up the week, saying: “We started the week with a cold wind, now we'll end the week with warm sunshine.”
He added: “On Monday night a breeze will cross many areas and it's going to be wet in the west, that rainfall is courtesy of this low-pressure system.
“Now high pressure has centred over Scandinavia for a long time, but it's just releasing its grip ever so slightly on Monday night to allow these weather fronts to creep in.”
Mr McGivern went on to instruct that weather fronts will bring cloud and outbreaks rain to the far
