Weeks of warm weather across Wales look set to continue into the weekend with a Spanish plume reported to hit parts of the UK. Despite heavy showers and weather warnings for thunder this week, the end of the week into the weekend looks to see a return to dry sunny days.
While temperatures in Wales are likely to remain into the middle 20s, some places across the UK will see highs of 28C by Sunday. The Met Office has also warned that these areas could get even hotter reaching 30C. However, it is a very split picture with the forecast currently anticipating the north of the UK to be much wetter.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Steven Keates said: “More of a northwest/southeast split in the UK weather is developing from Friday and into the weekend. High pressure will begin to establish itself from the southeast, allowing a good deal of settled weather through the weekend, with temperatures likely building towards, or slightly exceeding, 30C in some spots.
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“However, it’s a much more unsettled picture to the northwest through the weekend, with weather fronts pushing in from the Atlantic bringing more in the way of rain and some gusty coastal winds, especially for those in Scotland and Northern Ireland.”
Here is the weather forecast for where you live this weekend:
Cardiff
Temperatures will be cooler than recent weeks in the capital on Saturday with highs of 22C before rising slightly on Sunday 23C. The start of the weekend on Saturday will be cloudier before a primarily sunny weekend.
Swansea
Saturday and Sunday will see highs of 21C but it will be slightly less sunny in Wales' second city than other parts of the country. On Saturday it will be cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning before some light showers on Sunday.
Monmouth
Monmouth will be one of the warmest places in Wales on the weekend with highs of 25C on both days. There will be little to no wind and humidity is forecast to be high.
Newport
There will be highs of 23C across the weekend in Newport but it will be cloudy at times. Currently, 4pm to 7pm on Saturday look to be the sunniest parts of the weekend.
St David's
It will be cooler and overcast in the west of the country over the weekend, with St David's only just about managing highs of 20C across both days. It will be overcast and cloudy but humidity will remain high across the weekend.
Aberystwyth
It will be a drizzly weekend with light rain changing to cloudy by late morning on Saturday. Sunday morning will have a sunny start before becoming overcast throughout the day. Despite this temperatures are still expected to reach highs of 22C.
Pontypridd
Inland it will be sunny and very humid in Pontypridd across the whole weekend with highs of 22C. Windspeeds will peak at around 10mph but generally, it will be a mild weekend.
Wrexham
It will be grey up north over the weekend with a cloudy Saturday turning to a wet Sunday. it will also be fairly windy, reaching highs of 31mph on Saturday. Despite this it will be warm with temperatures of 25C.
The Met Office forecast for Wales
Thursday:
Any mist and fog lifting and breaking during the morning to leave sunny spells. Isolated showers bubbling up into the afternoon, mainly in the east. Feeling warmer than Wednesday. Maximum temperature 25 °C.
Friday to Sunday:
Largely dry to end the week with hazy sunny and becoming windy especially around coasts. A chance of some rain or odd shower into the weekend.
