North Wales to be as hot as Benidorm as temperatures soar
North Wales is set to sizzle in hot summer temperatures that will equal and sometimes exceed the popular Spanish Benidorm resort, over the next two days.
According to Met Office maps, the top temperature for Benidorm is 30C today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday). Similar temperatures are forecast for the holiday island of Majorca.
North Wales is set to see highs of 30C in the Wrexham area at 6pm today, with other parts hitting temperatures of 28C, including Ruthin, Flint and Porthmadog, amid clear skies and sunny weather.
Tomorrow Wrexham will hit 31C later in the day, with other parts of North Wales, including Ruthin and St Aspah seeing 30C, the lowest will be Holyhead, which will still see a balmy 26C.
It comes as a Met Office study predicts heatwaves lasting as long as 39 days for parts of the UK in the coming years. Temperatures soaring above 40C will become more likely, with a possible maximum of 46.6C, as climate change tightens its grip.
A Met Office forecast for Wales said: "Today: Another dry day with prolonged amounts of sunshine. Some wispy cloud drifting through at times. A southeasterly breeze picking up but feeling very warm in shelter. Maximum temperature 29 °C.
"Tonight: A fine evening but turning cloudier with the odd shower in the southwest by dawn, but most of the country remaining dry. A very mild night with a strengthening breeze. Minimum temperature 16 °C.
"Friday: Patchy high-level cloud and the odd shower, during the morning. Drier with sunny spells by the afternoon. Staying very warm, humid and breezy. Maximum temperature 29 °C.
"Outlook for Saturday to Monday: Hazy sunshine on Saturday with isolated showers, perhaps thundery. Occasional bright spells on Sunday with cloudier skies arriving into Monday. Feeling warm to start then turning fresher on Sunday."
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