BRITAIN is set to be lashed with torrential rain and a -1C freeze this weekend as the past week's heatwave is officially washed away.
Up to 30mm of heavy rain will hit some areas and temperatures are predicted to fall across the country, plunging as low as -1 on Friday night.
A Met Office spokesperson told The Sun Online: "Northern parts of the country will stay dry and bright and the south will see heavy rain.
"A band of heavy rain will push southwards bringing up to 30 millimetres in a few spots.
"It's heavy but shouldn't last especially long."
Northern parts of the country will stay dry and bright and the south will see heavy rain.
The rain is expected to come from the south west of England on Friday, spreading across the south during the day.
Heavy thundery showers are predicted over Friday night and into Saturday, moving across southern areas and followed by scattered heavy showers or thunderstorms, according to the Met Office.
Saturday will bring showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times with a risk of thunder, across southern areas.
TEMPERATURE PLUNGE
The conditions will also bring much cooler weather.
Friday temperatures will see a high of 17C and a low of -1C overnight, though most places across the country are set to average 13C.
On Saturday, there will be a high of 18C towards the south although there will be a mix of temperatures, with an average of 12C.
Luke Miall, a Met Office meteorologist, said: “The weekend is looking a lot more mixed.
"The first bout of wet weather comes up through the South on Friday, and England and Wales will see the threat of further showers.
We don’t normally big up bad weather, but in this scenario it’s a bit of a positive.
“The best of the dry weather will likely be in the north west of the country, in Scotland and Northern Ireland.”
The forecaster said the dry weather would be a relief for a Britain in lockdown: “We don’t normally big up bad weather, but in this scenario it’s a bit of a positive.”
It's mostly good news for those areas north of the UK which will remain dry, with some low cloud and hill fog in the east.
And the weather is expected to dry up by Sunday with some areas in the south getting as high as 20 degrees.
POSSIBLE FLOODING
Flooding is possible in the south of the country over the weekend, particularly in areas such as High Wycombe, Tidmarsh and North Warnborough.
The Met Office added there is potential for the rain to be heavy enough to cause some flash flooding, though the risk was still low.
"It's been exceptionally dry for April so far with only 13 per cent of the average month's rainfall," a spokesman told The Sun Online.
HEATWAVE SHORTLIVED
The turn in weather follows Thursday's balmy conditions where temperatures soared to 23C in parts of the country.
It also comes after last week's glorious bank holiday weekend where temperatures soared to record highs, with some Brits flouting lockdown rules and heading to parks and beaches to sunbathe.
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