Met Office weather forecast for North Wales predicts dry and sunny weekend

Sunday is set to be the brightest and driest day of the weekend in Wales with temperatures reaching up to 21C. This follows a week of fluctuating weather conditions featuring heavy rain showers interspersed with sunny spells.

The Met Office predicts that Friday will be drier and warmer although there's a chance of heavier showers on Saturday. Some coastal areas in northwest Wales may remain misty throughout the day on Friday with temperatures anticipated to hover around 20C. Overnight the weather will stay relatively mild with the lowest temperature predicted to be 11C, according to the Met Office forecast for Wales.

The forecast for Saturday suggests a predominantly cloudy day with occasional bright or sunny periods. Showers are likely in places, potentially becoming heavy and thundery by the afternoon, reports WalesOnline. Despite this it should feel warm when the sun is out with the maximum temperature reaching 21C. Sunday is expected to be the superior day of the weekend being mainly dry and sunny.

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On Sunday a fine day is expected across much of the north of the country with beaches and roads likely to be busy. Llandudno is expected to see highs of 17C with sunny conditions throughout the day while Rhyl will enjoy highs of 19C. In Abersoch the Met Office forecasts temperatures peaking at 20C while further down the coast Aberystwyth could see the mercury hit 21C.

Cardiff is predicted to be among the UK's hottest locations, with temperatures hitting 21C, matched by Carmarthenshire. The Pembrokeshire and south-west Wales coastline will be slightly cooler but still warm, sunny, and dry. London is set to reach 22C while Manchester will also hit 21C.

This pleasant weather is set to continue into Monday before the "chance of showers" returns on Tuesday. The long-range forecast for the end of May reveals a lot of "uncertainty" for the UK which is caught "in-between" differing pressure zones according to forecasting agencies. They illustrate this by saying: "The UK will be in-between low pressure over the near continent trying to keep things unsettled and potentially thundery; high pressure to the west or southwest which would settle things down; and finally low pressure to the north or northwest which may bring a more climatological split in conditions between the south and north."

Additionally a longer-term outlook predicts no major shift in climate patterns for the start of June, stating: "There is nothing to suggest that conditions will be massively different to climatology at the end of the current month and though the first half of June. That said both temperatures and rainfall are more likely to be a little above average overall with a fairly mixed bag seemingly most probable, with further rain or showers (possibly heavy/thundery at times) but also some spells of warm sunshine when it's not raining."

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