British Summertime has officially arrived, at least for the next week or so (Picture: EPA/Met Office)Yesterday marked the official start of longer summer days, and for once the weather has decided to play ball. As the clocks went forward giving us more daylight in the evenings, the Met Office forecast days of sunshine with the temperature set to rise as high as 20°C this week.Meteorologist Marco Petagna said that we can even expect ‘wall to wall sunshine’ in England and Wales today, a welcome change that may finally let us top up our national Vitamin D stores.
Speaking yesterday, he said that once any early fog and frost has lifted it will be a very fine day. ‘With the sunshine here and light winds too, it’s feeling quite warm out and about, with temperatures again up to 16 or 17°C.’Looking at the weather forecast for the week ahead in London looks more like it’s in Los Angeles, with only sun symbols and not a cloud to be seen.
People make their way along the seafront on Bournemouth Beach in Dorset yesterday (Picture: PA)Thursday and Friday are set to be the sunniest, with 19°C looking likely in areas from Cardiff to the capital, and the potential to hit 20°C. South-east England is expected to see the warmest temperatures, with parts of south-west Scotland, the West Midlands, and north-west England also experiencing the peak of the warmth later in the week.The rise in temperatures follows a brief period of unsettled weather on Friday and Saturday, which the Met .
