Britain will go through “changeable” weather conditions just a few days after witnessing soaring 23C temperatures, a Met office forecaster has. Warm weather is likely to hit several parts of the country on Friday, but according to the expert, the sunshine is not going to last for many days.

The meteorologist believes that the weather conditions will turn cooler by the weekend. Low pressure is likely to lie west of the UK into next week, with showers and some longer spells of rain being forecast. The far northwest of Scotland will start to see some rain and drizzle from Friday and overnight into Saturday as the UK’s weather starts to gradually transition to more unsettled weather, the Met Office expert explained.

A Met Office spokesperson told the Express: “The weather will be turning cooler and more changeable this weekend and into next week.

“Warm and sunny for most again tomorrow with a high of 23C, though the far N/NW of Scotland cooler and cloudier.

“Clouding over more widely Saturday with showery rain developing later and into Sunday, with cooler weather and showery conditions continuing into next week. Perhaps some more persistent rain developing at times.”

According to the BBC, the country could see highs of 23C or 24C in the south of the UK and the warmest day of the year so far.

Currently the highest temperature of the year is 23.7C recorded at Otterbourne in Hampshire last week.

Recently, the warmest weather has been across inland parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The temperature reached 21.8C at Castlederg in Northern Ireland on Thursday for the first time this year and Aboyne in Scotland reached 22.8C.