The Met Office is forecasting more sunshine and warm weather for the last week of spring and the last bank holiday weekend of May. The area of high pressure which has brought fine conditions across the UK over the last few days is forecast to extend out toward the end of the month and through the half-term holiday.
It will continue to dominate the UK weather through this week and the forecasting agency saying the current signal is for this to continue through next week too. This means lots of settled weather for man, with dry sunny conditions. There will be spells of cloud and light rain at times in the northwest of the UK as weak fronts move in but they will quickly dissolve.
The Met Office forecast for Wales this weekend says: "Another fine and dry day on Friday with plenty of sunshine. Perhaps a little fair-weather cloud developing through the afternoon. Feeling warm with light winds. Maximum temperature 22°C.
"High pressure keeps it dry over the weekend and bank holiday. Plenty of sunshine although some scattered cloud possible. Feeling warm with generally light winds but often cool at night."
Weather maps are showing highs of 21°C in Cardiff, Swansea, and Aberystwyth on Saturday and Sunday. It is looking a little cooler on Monday but still with highs of around 17°C.
The Met Office has also said it will not be heatwave conditions, saying: "With high pressure conditions settling in for the coming week the warmth we will experience will be homegrown as clear skies will allow more of the May sunshine to reach ground level, gradually raising temperatures to expected highs of 25°C for a day or two later this week."
Chief forecaster Neil Armstong says: “If you have heard media hyperbole that a heatwave driven by an African plume will bring intense heat to the UK in the next few days you are going to be disappointed – this isn’t true. Howeve, if you are looking forward to a spell of largely fine, sunny, and warm conditions across the majority of the UK, then you are going to be in luck.”
Temperatures will gradually rise through the week, with the highest temperatures expected to be in parts of east Wales, the West Midlands, and southwest England. An onshore breeze will keep temperatures slightly lower in the southeast of England which usually sees the highest temperatures.
The Met Office long-range forecast for the UK from Monday, May 29, to Wednesday, June 7, says that it will be "predominantly fine and settled" for the start of the time. It adds: "High pressure will continue to dominate the weather into early June meaning plenty more dry weather for much of the country. A possibility of weak frontal systems bringing some patchy rain to the far north and, with time, an increased chance of showers, perhaps thundery, moving north into, or developing over southern areas.
"Overall temperatures remaining above average though cooler in some coastal locations where onshore breezes develop. Winds will generally be light but coastal areas in the south, as well as far north, may experience stronger winds at times."
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