Hopes of a bank holiday heatwave have been crushed by forecasters who have warned blustery showers are heading for the UK.

Rain is expected to pour in parts of the north and south tonight and continue on into the early hours.

The rest of the week will see a ‘gradual improvement’ in the weather, but one last hot weekend of summer is not looking likely.

A five-day forecast has predicted a mixed bag of sunshine and showers, with the heaviest and most frequent rainfall expected to hit the northwest.

Despite some sunny spells, temperatures are expected to be near or below average, with chilly nights likely.

Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said it was too early to predict the exact outlook for next weekend, but warned people not to get their hopes up for a bank holiday scorcher.

He said: ‘We can’t get much worse, can we? We’ve had such wet and windy weather so far this month.

‘It’s likely that Saturday right through to Wednesday, at least, will be summarised by sunny spells and showers.

‘Hopefully  from Thursday through the rest of the week those showers should start to become less, but there’s a bit of uncertainty with exactly how less they will become as we head towards the Bank Holiday weekend.

‘I’d say, overall, compared with the wet and windy weather we’ve had over the last few weeks, there is a gradual improvement over the next four or five days.

‘But it is only a gradual improvement, rather than any heatwave or hot and sunny weather on the way.’

Maximum temperatures are predicted to reach 21C in the South about around 19C  in the North.

It follows a summer of extremes that has seen the UK face some of the hottest temperatures on record, as well as heavy bouts of rain that have caused severe flooding.

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