Met Office's Scotland September 'heatwave' update in warmer weekend forecast
01.09.2023 - 11:27
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
September has finally arrived, officially marking the end of meteorological summer and kickstarting autumn.
But the first few days of the month could see parts of Scotland experience a warm spell as temperatures are set to be higher than average for this time of year.
The high-pressure system that causes temperatures to spike is due to Hurricane Franklin that's currently sweeping across the Atlantic. That's according to the Met Office, who said last month that tropical storms overseas could result in a warm September for the UK.
According to the forecasters, the average temperature in the UK for September is around the late teens.
But this weekend, weather maps show Glasgow hitting 20C at around 2pm on Saturday, September 2, as well as areas such as Pitlochry, Perth and Stirling.
Edinburgh isn't far behind at 19C, with Ayr, Bathgate and Banff among other areas that will see the mercury peak at 19C.
Sunday, September 2 is set to be even warmer for some areas on the east coast like Berwick-upon-Tweed and Jedburgh reaching 22C, and further north in Aberdeen it's set to be even warmer at 23C.
Other places, like Stirling, Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth will also all see temperatures over 20C this weekend in what will be largely warm for most of the country.
Taking to YouTube, Met Office forecaster Alex Deakin described how an area of low pressure is to thank for the warmer temperatures we'll soon be seeing.
He said: "This is the most important player here, because it's continuing to head its way northwards, and that is allowing the low pressure across the UK to be replaced by an area of high pressure. And that will mean that most of us have fine weather this weekend."
He said that the 'main exception' would be the far north of