Temperatures are set to soar next week, with sunshins across the country - but will fall just short of being a heatwave.
Met Office forecasters say the mercury could rise as high as 24°C in Aberystwyth on Wednesday, 30 April, with southern England expected to reach 27°C.
Into this weekend a weakening weather front will bring some rain to western parts of the UK before fine conditions start to build into early next week.
David Oliver is a Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist. He said: “Despite media speculation, next week’s conditions are likely to fall just outside of official Met Office heatwave thresholds. However, this shouldn’t lead to any disappointment as many can anticipate a very fine spell of weather with temperatures reaching 27°C during the middle of the week.”
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The highest recorded April temperature was way back in 1949 when Camden Square in London recorded 29.4°C on 16 April.
Met Office Chief Forecaster Matthew Lehnert said: “We are not expecting the April UK temperature record to be broken, but some locations may nudge local records.
“Often warm spells are driven by warmer air arriving from further south, but the origins of next week’s air are from Scandinavia and central Europe. This air mass will be warmed by compression as the high pressure begins to build, and this warmth will be boosted by daytime heating from the April sun.”
The forecast for Saturday in Wales is for a murky start in the west with outbreaks of rain at times, easing through the morning.
The occasional brighter break may develop through the afternoon with the odd shower. Maximum temperature 15°C.
Between Sunday to Tuesday, higher pressure becoming more dominant bringing plenty of fine and settled weather once any fog clears.
In Aberystwyth, sunshine is forecast from Monday until Friday, with temperatures in the low 20s throughout the week, hitting a high of 24°C on Wednesdsay.
A UK heatwave threshold is met when a location records a period of at least three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature threshold. The threshold varies by UK county, see the UK temperature threshold map below.