Sussex set to enjoy mini heatwave next week, BBC forecasts

April showers that have battered the coast over the last few days will dissipate tomorrow with sunshine and temperatures as high as 19C expected by next Thursday.

In Brighton, sunny conditions are expected from Sunday and will continue through the week ahead, with the mercury climbing to 16C.

Temperatures will also approach 20C in Horsham and Crawley next week.

However, the BBC forecasts that the settled weather could come to an abrupt end towards the latter half of next week, with thundery rain expected in some areas.

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A spokeswoman for BBC Weather said: “Mostly dry and warm conditions are expected to persist through at least the first half of next week, with high pressure extending from Scandinavia across the UK.

“Warm east to south easterly flows should help lift the temperatures above 20C in places.

“However, windward coasts will feel a lot cooler and could be cloudier with a chance of a little drizzle. It will also be rather breezy for a few days, even inland.

“The second half of the week is more uncertain. It is possible that high pressure will recede north eastwards for a while, which could allow low-pressure systems to the south and south west to edge closer and push some showery rain and perhaps thundery rain in some southern and western areas of the UK.

“However, this is far from certain at the moment.”

The last week of April could potentially turn wetter, with low pressure expected to edge across the UK from the south and south west.

“This could bring rain or showers at times, more likely in southern and western areas, and perhaps thunderstorms too,” the BBC Weather spokeswoman said.

It comes after Storm Noa battered the south coast, bringing with it gale-force winds and rain.

The wet and windy weather forced the temporary closure of Worthing Pier and brought down electricity lines across the county, leaving some without power.