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IT IS SET TO BE A "LARGELY FINE AND SETTLED DAY" 08:19, 02 Jun 2025 It is set to be a "fine day" in Merseyside with the odd shower, according to the Met Office.

Forecasters said Monday, June 2 will be a "largely fine and settled day" with sunny spells. In Merseyside, there is a small chance of rain between 10am and 11am, however it is set

to be a mostly dry day. The Met Office said sunshine is set to turn "increasingly hazy" from the west as the day goes on. Temperatures will reach highs of 19C and lows of around

11C. Tonight is set to turn wet and windy, with heavy rain predicted in Merseyside between 4am and 5am on Tuesday. For the rest of Tuesday, rain is set to continue to clear eastwards during

the morning. Forecasters said it will turn brighter from the west with sunny spells and blustery showers following, these locally heavy, perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder. Looking to

the rest of the summer, is twice as likely it will be hot across the UK this year, the Met Office has predicted as the forecasting body also warned of an increased risk of heatwaves. The

predictions come on the heels of the country’s sunniest spring on record, with some 630 hours of sunshine clocked up across the country between March 1 and May 27, in what has also been the

driest spring for more than a century. Temperatures soared to 8C above the average for the time of year on Saturday – the last day of meteorological spring – ahead of a potentially hot

summer season. The Met Office’s three-month outlook predicts that the chance of a hot summer is higher than normal, bringing an increased risk of heatwaves and heat-related impacts. Article

continues below The outlook shows it is 2.3 times more likely than normal that the UK will be hot over the meteorological summer, which begins on June 1 and ends August 31. The average

temperatures across the UK over those months range from 10-17C, with the south east of England experiencing the higher averages of 16-17C. The Met Office said: “While the current three-month

outlook shows an increased chance of a hot summer, the temperature signals for this summer are similar to those for recent years and consistent with our warming climate. “The increased

chance of hotter than average temperatures is not a guarantee of prolonged hot weather or heatwaves, but it does mean that heatwave conditions could be reached at times. “However, it’s

important to bear in mind that an increased chance of hot conditions could also reflect a mix of hot and cool days, warm nights, or less extreme levels of warmth rather than continual

heatwave conditions specifically.” The summers of 2018 and 2021-2023 were also predicted to be hot, with data showing it has been a decade since the last time a summer was predicted to be

cool, in 2015. Article continues below The latest outlook also shows the levels of rainfall and wind speed for the next three months will likely be near average. The three-month long-range

forecast does not identify weather for a specific day or week but gives an indication of possible temperature, rainfall and wind speed over the period as a whole.