The four nations making up the UK all saw temperatures over 30C on Thursday, Porthmadog in NW Wales again saw the highest temperature with 33.0C, the highest temperature of the year so far, while Glasgow saw its warmest day on record with 31.9C. All the highest temperatures yesterday were towards the west, with NW England and Northern Ireland exceeding 30C too, and the same will be the case today, thanks to an easterly breeze keeping temperatures lower towards eastern coasts.

The weekend will offer lots more sunshine for most and staying generally dry too, cooling down a tad across the north and northeast compared to recent days, while southern areas turn more humid and hot by Sunday, which will be accompanied by a risk of some thundery showers SW England and south Wales on Sunday.

Today

For now, it’s grey and misty around eastern coasts of Scotland and England, with some patchy low cloud inland across eastern areas too. But for most it’s another fine start, warm already in the west, with lots of blue skies which will lead into another dry day with prolonged sunshine across many areas, the sun burning back the mist and low cloud back to the coast across the east, where sea mist or fog will affect beaches at times.

Temperatures not quite as high as yesterday, the highest temperatures today across western Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales along with southern and western areas of England – where they will reach 25-28C generally, perhaps as high as 30C somewhere across NW England and NW Wales. Generally cooler along eastern coasts – where temperatures will reach 21-23C, a brisk northeasterly breeze across southern Englnad and East Anglia, winds generally lighter elsewhere.