The warm weather is not expected to relent over the weekend with highs of 24C possible in south-east Wales and around the Bristol Channel on Saturday and Sunday. Other areas around the UK can look forward to temperatures reaching high teens and early 20s.
Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge said the high temperatures for the Bank Holiday weekend were a rarity in how dry it was expected to be. “We’re slowly getting there. Hints of summer,” Mr Partridge said. “For a Bank Holiday weekend it’s pretty rare to be that dry and sunny I guess, so we’re not doing too bad.”
Rain is unlikely to trouble the UK over the next few days, with Met Office deputy chief forecaster Steven Keates saying indications are that the dry, bright weather is likely to continue for most – with little in the way of rain throughout next week. The highest temperature in the UK on Friday was in Bainbridge where it reached 22.6C.
