UK's April Heatwave, Pollen Surge, and Cooldown Ahead

0:00On April 8, UK's kicking off April, like its mid-summer, with Tim's hitting 25 degrees Celsius on Tuesday in Anglesy Wales, Wales, the hottest so, far this year and warmest in six months. Wednesday looks set to push even higher, up to 26 degrees in spots across the Midlands, East Anglia and Southeast England. Sunny skies and a light breeze from the continent are fueling this heat wave, about 10 degrees above average for early April. More than England and Western coasts might see some clouds cooling things down a bit, while Scotland and Northern Ireland top out around 18 degrees in the East. Pauline counts of spiking too, very high in England and Wales, high elsewhere tree pollen, like birch hitting hay fever sufferers hard this time of, year. Around a quarter to a third of folks dealing with allergies, fill it most from March through early June. Enjoy the warmth while you can, though. Thursday flips the script with rain marching southeast across the country, followed by showers

1:01and cooler. Northwesterly winds dropping temps to 10 to 14 degrees, most places. Friday brings high pressure back for dry sun and England and Wales at 12 to 15 degrees, but stronger winds and rain return to the West, and North signaling a shift to more mixed weather ahead.