The extraordinary heatwaves of the summer are finally behind us - but London looks set to enjoy more hot weather in the coming days and weeks.

The Met Office's long-range forecast offers hope for Londoners who are already missing the sizzling conditions of the past few months.

It predicts "warm spells" in the south in the second half of September, with "very warm" weather possible in the next couple of weeks.

Temperatures in London are expected to rise to 25C in the middle of the week, setting off a glorious run warm and largely dry weather through until the start of next week.

While showers are possible on Monday afternoon, when Notting Hill Carnival reaches its peak, it looks like the capital will largely miss the rain that is sweeping other parts of the UK.

Thousands of music fans at Reading Festival braved the rain and mud in plastic ponchos on Saturday and Sunday.

Elsewhere, the cricket at Lord’s in London was halted by the rain on Saturday.

Bradworthy Common in Devon saw 34.2mm of rain over 12 hours on Sunday, more than a third of the average for Devon for August, according to the Met Office.

A flood warning was in place for Spadesbourne Brook at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, on Sunday night, meaning flooding is expected, while 15 areas were covered by Environment Agency (EA) flood alerts, meaning floods are possible.

Met Office senior operational meteorologist Dan Stroud said: “It’s another day of sunny spells and showers, a generally bright but cloudy start with sunny spells in the east, we will have some showers from the get-go in the west and they will become a bit more heavy, the odd rumble of thunder is possible.

“A drier and brighter end to the day.

“Monday promises to be the best of the three days, still showers around but a lot less than what we’ve seen.

“Tuesday across England and Wales promises to be reasonably fine with some lengthy sunny spells. It’s a different story across Scotland. we’ve got a band of cloud and rain.

“Wednesday, it changes, it goes downhill, turning cloudy and wet during the course of Wednesday, particularly across Wales and northern England northwards.”

The Met Office has previously said the UK is on course for its hottest summer on record after five heatwaves, with temperatures of up to 38.1C recorded in London.