Wales has been enjoying some fine weather recently as summer gets underway. With temperatures regularly over 20°C in recent weeks, May saw thousands of sun-seekers have flocking to the likes of Barry Island and Porthcawl, with the many bank holidays directing people to the coast.
The warm weather is not expected to relent over the weekend with highs of 24°C 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.”
