Exact date Scotland to be blasted by 24C heat as miserable June set to be transformed by Saharan sizzler
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SCOTLAND is set to bask in glorious sunshine once again after having a soggy start to summer.
Most of the country has experienced a miserable start to June with rain, grey skies and even some high winds over the last week.
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Scots will be flocking to beaches this week as temperatures rise
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Highs of 24C are expected to blast the country by the weekend
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The hot weather is rescuing the soggy start to summer
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Weather maps have revealed the exact date the temperature will rise
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And Scots have been itching for more sunshine after experiencing the warmest and sunniest spring on record in the UK.
Luckily, weather maps have revealed that hotter temperatures are on the way to rescue the wet, damp summer.
The week will start with rain and grim highs of 14C today after a gloomy weekend.
But this is expected to start to change on Tuesday with brighter skies and sunny spells bringing warmer temperatures of 19C.
This will continue on Wednesday and Thursday before high temperatures reaching the mid-20s arrive at the end of the week.
Highs of around 24C are expected to blast the nation by 3pm on Friday - just in time for the weekend.
24C is expected in Scotland, with warm weather continuing into the weekend. And it looks to stay warm beyond then
Brian GazE
This will make Scotland as hot as Casablanca, Morocco, as showers ease and brighter spells arrive.
It comes as a 14-day 800-mile-wide 'continental swelter' hits the UK, with skies clearing for a sunny run through next week.
Hot air is blowing to Scotland from sizzling 40C heat in southern France and Spain.
And the Met Office has predicted that the heat will remain until around June 25.
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Weather maps show that the south of Scotland will see highs of 22C and 23C by Friday afternoon.
While temperatures around the central belt will be slightly lower, hovering around 20C and 21C.
The east coast will enjoy more of the heat, with Aberdeen, Dundee, Fife and Edinburgh all expected to experience highs of 23C.
The west, however, will be notably chillier with highs of 16C in Stranrar, 19C in Ayrshire and 16 across the Western Isles.
Those in the Highlands are set to have highs of 21C and 22C, dropping to 17C in areas further north around Wick.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: '24C is expected in Scotland, with warm weather continuing into the weekend.
"And it looks to stay warm beyond then.'
A Met Office forecaster added: 'After a changeable mix of sunshine and showers, temperatures look set to rise.
'It will be widely warm or very warm, although with thunderstorms likely.
'The weekend becomes drier, before possibly brief rain, then high pressure sees the following week mainly dry and warm or very warm.
UK 5 day weather forecast
Today:
After a bright start, skies will turn increasingly cloudy through the day. Rain will spread in from the west, moving across Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of northern England and Wales. Staying dry and warm in the south.
Tonight:
Outbreaks of rain will continue in the north at first, but will gradually clear to the east in the early hours. Dry and cloudy in the south and increasingly windy.
Tuesday:
Cloudy for most at first on Tuesday, but skies will gradually brighten across northern areas. Cloudier in the south with drizzly showers, but also feeling humid, warm and breezy.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Turning increasingly warm and humid, and feeling hot in the south. Plenty of dry and fine weather, but thundery showers will likely move northwards during Thursday and later on Friday.
'And the period from June 22 also begins with plenty of warm weather.'
The Met Office's long-range weather forecast for the end of the month warns that the start of July could see more rain after a warm, dry spell.
It states: "High pressure looks like being largely dominant at first, maintaining plenty of mainly dry and warm weather, but with variable cloud amounts.
"However, although details are uncertain, late June and early July looks like becoming more changeable.
"Spells of rain or showers are probable at times, some of which could be heavy and thundery.
"Temperatures are likely to be a little above average overall, with brief hot spells possible."
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