Over the last few days an area of high pressure has brought sunny and warm conditions across the UK, which is forecast to continue through this bank holiday weekend and into the coming week. The warmest temperature recorded in Wales so far this year has been 23.4°C at Cardiff's Bute Park but it could get as high as 25°C this coming Thursday and Friday (June 1 and 2).
The Met Office chief forecaster, Paul Gundersen, has explained that the settled weather is down to the jet stream sitting to the north of the UK. He said: "It is holding unsettled weather systems at bay and allowing high pressure to dominate bringing fine weather to the vast majority of the UK.
“The current position of the high pressure means we will see a westerly air flow over the UK – a cooler direction than if air was being brought up from the south and areas such as Spain or Africa. Therefore we are not likely to reach heatwave conditions but temperatures will still be warm reaching the low 20s for many – particularly in the southwest and southern Wales."
