Following several weeks of seasonable weather, the United Kingdom is set for another round of heat just in time for the upcoming summer bank holiday.
The extended three-day holiday will be ideal for most outdoor plans as temperatures climb well above normal and much of the time will be free of rain in any given location.
In fact, a new all-time high temperature record could be recorded for the official bank holiday on Monday.
The current record high for the late August bank holiday Monday is 28.2 C (82.8 F), set in Lincolnshire in 2017. The record for the entire bank holiday weekend is 31.5 C (88.7 F) set in London in 2001.
While temperatures may fall short of the holiday weekend record, the Monday record may fall this year.
High temperatures of 28-30 C (82-86 F) are expected in the warmest locations across southern England each day from Saturday to Monday. This includes the Greater London area.
People sunbathe as they lounge on deck chairs in Hyde Park in London on Tuesday July 19, 2016. A heat wave has swept the capital and much of the UK. (AP Photo/Adela Suliman)
Sunday is forecast to be the hottest day of the holiday weekend as one or two locations in the Southeast may approach 31 C (88 F).
Daily high temperatures of 21-23 C (70-74 F) are forecast from Saturday into Monday in Edinburgh and Belfast.
The warmth will be more intense around Manchester where a daily high temperature near 25 C (77 F) is forecast for the holiday weekend.
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Dry weather will also prevail for the majority of the holiday weekend across the United Kingdom.
A few brief showers are possible on Saturday from Northern Ireland into western Scotland, while the remainder of the country can expect sunny intervals.
Sunday will feature dry weather with sunny spells throughout the country before the threat for showers returns to the northwest on Monday.
The unseasonable warmth may linger into the middle of next week before more seasonable air filters into the country by late next week or next weekend.
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