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28.05.2023 - 10:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Saturday was the UK's hottest day of the year so far, the Met Office confirmed as sunny skies and high temperatures are set to stay across Greater Manchester over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Temperatures reached as high as 24.3C in Bramham, West Yorkshire, the forecaster said, with the warm weather expected to continue into Sunday, although it's not predicted to be quite as hot.
In Greater Manchester, the mercury is expected to top 20C on Sunday, with similar highs predicted for Bank Holiday Monday.
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Nationwide, temperatures are expected to reach up to 23C in Plymouth.
Forecaster Simon Partridge said the UK is seeing “hints of summer”. “For a bank holiday weekend it’s pretty rare to be that dry and sunny, I guess, so we’re not doing too bad,” he said. Meanwhile, travel experts are warning of busy roads over the bank holiday break.
A Met Office spokesman said: "The area of high-pressure which has brought fine conditions across the UK over the last few days is forecast to persist through the bank holiday weekend and into next week."
Met Office Chief Forecaster, Paul Gundersen, said: "The jet stream sitting to the north of the UK is holding unsettled weather systems at bay and allowing high pressure to dominate bringing fine weather to the vast majority of the UK.
"The current position of the high-pressure means we will see a westerly air flow over the UK, a cooler direction than if air was being brought up from the south, and areas such as Spain or Africa. Therefore, we are not likely to reach heatwave conditions, but temperatures will still be warm reaching the low 20's for many, particularly in the South West and southern Wales."
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