BRITAIN will be battered with 70mph winds and showers after as temperatures plunged 10C in a week.
Weeks of sunshine came to an end earlier this week as the mercury dropped – two days after Boris Johnson relaxed stringent lockdown restrictions.
A 70mph storm has arrived courtesy of an “unseasonably deep” low-pressure system will move south from Denmark.
Washouts and strong winds are due today after yesterday’s gale-force 40mph gusts in the South and North.
For much of eastern England and North Scotland there will be cool, drizzly rain on Sunday.
Other parts may see some sunshine, but are still at risk from isolated showers.
Northern and eastern parts of the UK were the worst hit on Saturday before the weather front swept south.
Met Office forecaster said: “Sunday has rain moving south and strong winds, with Monday mostly dry but rain spreading on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“Next weekend has a chance of warm conditions in the South-East, with more unsettled conditions in the West and North.”
On Saturday, the poor weather pushed into parts of Northern Ireland and central and southern Scotland before moving south in England and North Wales.
There were also heavy showers and thunderstorms from north east England, down to the Midlands and towards East Anglia.
It comes after the Prime Minister urged the public not to move gatherings indoors if it rains as it will flout new lockdown rules.
Brits have enjoyed weeks of warm weather with lockdown-flouting crowds flocking to parks and beaches to soak up some sunshine.
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This is the first weekend since lockdown eased again – allowing people to meet in groups up to six in private gardens.
Last week, temperatures soared to almost 30C, with the Scottish Highlands recording the hottest day of the year so far at 28.3 C.
The Met Office recently confirmed that the UK had its sunniest spring since records began in 1929.
According to the forecaster, the country had more than 573 hours of sunshine between March 1 and May 27 this year, almost 20 hours more than 1948, which had previously held the record.
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