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Two Atlantic storm systems are on course to plough in from the west unleashing heavy rain and coastal winds. The second will obliterate stubborn and relentless high pressure that has kept the sun shining through most of the summer.

Although the low-pressure systems will do little to ease the drought emergency, they spell the ‘beginning of the end’.

Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services, said: “After the bank holiday and during next week, high pressure, which will bring pleasant weather this weekend, will drop away and retreat to Scandinavia.

“I think that then we are going to see more in the way of significant Atlantic activity later in the week.

“This will arrive as rain, and although it is not going to bring an immediate end to the drought, it will be the start of a gradual unwinding.

“This first significant rain may mark the beginning of the end of the drought, which is going to still take some time to resolve.”

High pressure has been the driver for warm, fine weather this summer and exceptional heat during July and August.

It will cling on through the bank holiday and through the start of the week, spreading in from the Azores and Scandinavia.

Computer models show its eventual collapse at the hands of active weather systems gearing up to bulldoze in from the Atlantic.

Mr Dale said: “The jet stream is sinking southwards, and this could trigger more activity from the Atlantic.

“While high pressure has been blocking low pressure through the end of August, this eventually retreats, and there is the chance of significant rainfall during the first week of September from a low-pressure system coming in from the west.

“We will also be looking to the Atlantic through September for ex-tropical storm activity.”

Dry warmth and sunshine are forecast to hold out through the rest of the week before the weather turns unsettled.

Temperatures will rise into the mid-20Cs in parts today although an easterly wind will sweep in on Tuesday pushing down the mercury.

It will bring chilly gusts to eastern coasts which are in the firing line for rain, according to BBC weather forecaster Elizabeth Rizzini.

She said: “It’s looking largely similar over the next few days, and then low pressure could take hold as we go into the weekend.

“On Monday, the best of the warmth and the sunshine will be towards Wales and southwest England where we could see 24C or 25C, with the high teens over Scotland.

“The high pressure, which has been keeping us largely dry, will migrate eastwards and more of an easterly wind will take hold on Tuesday, and there will be more cloud and a few spots of drizzle.

“Temperatures will be lower, but for most of us it will be dry, and it turns quite windy towards the south of England and Wales as we head towards the middle of the week.”

Britain’s weather could get a shake up by two areas of low pressure lined up ahead of the weekend, she added.

She said: “On Thursday, an area of low pressure will bring some showers into central and southern England and into southeast England.

“There is another area of low pressure that is going to be sinking its way southwards, and this could bring us some unsettled conditions as we head to the latter part of next week.

“It will turn windier, and the showers will turn more widespread.”

Bookmaker Ladbrokes has slashed the odds from 6-1 to 3-2 that September will turn out to be the wettest on record.

Spokeswoman Nicola McGeady said: “The latest odds suggest that summer will end with a bang, with rainfall expected to sweep the nation.

“Punters have wasted no time in backing next month to be the wettest on record.”

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