Good luck finding a space! Brits scramble to beauty spots and beaches to make the most of the good Easter weather on last day of bank holiday before -3C frost
- There were temperatures as high as 21C on Easter Sunday in some places in UK, prompting coastal exodus
- But the glorious conditions are feared to be short-lived ahead of some wet weather predicted for the week
- Green-fingered gardeners who have planted their seeds might also need more as frost feared to be coming
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Car parks across Britain were packed today as families squeezed the last drop of joy out of the sunny Easter Weekend – ahead of sub zero frost predicted later this week.
Scenic locations along the coast have been filled with sun-seekers in their trunks and swimming costumes and most of them appear to have travelled there by car.
People were queuing to get into the popular Dovestones beauty spot on the edge of Greater Manchester today.
An aerial view showed jams and wall to wall cars and fans covering almost every spot of concrete on the ground.
Word may have got round that meteorologists fear waterproofs will be more appropriate than shorts and T-shirts for the rest of the week.
Those who took advantage to get their plants into the ground for the rest of the year might also be facing heartbreak by Wednesday.
People queue as the car park fills up at Dovestones, a popular beauty spot on the edge of Greater Manchester, today
Sun-seekers enjoy Easter Monday on the Brighton seafront with the backdrop of the Brighton Palace Pier on Easter Monday, as mini-heatwave is set to end
Families enjoy the last day of the bank holiday weekend on a day of bright sunshine on the beach in Bournemouth, Dorset
Met Office forecaster Tom Morgan warned: ‘It’s not great news for gardeners.
‘They may have spent the weekend planting beneath the sun but we could see patchy frosts by Wednesday which could undo all of their hard work.
‘Some rural spots could drop to -3C through the first part of the week.
‘It will feel more spring-like during the day, despite the occasional showers, but not in the mornings or overnight.’
British people have hit beaches and beauty spots up and down the country today as the mercury looks likely to hit 21C on Easter Sunday amid scorching bank-holiday temperatures – before miserable weather of cloud and rain sweeps in tomorrow.
Showers will return by Tuesday and Wednesday, the Met Office has said, with the weather starting to become cooler from Monday. Pictured: The beach is busy as holidaymakers flock to Durdle Door in Dorset to enjoy the scorching hot sunshine on Easter Sunday
Mr Petagna warned of high levels of pollen for those with hay fever while UV levels are moderate with the ‘sun as strong now as during August’. Pictured: Blossoming cherry trees in Greenwich Park, London
It will feel ‘rather warm’ in the afternoon with a maximum temperature of at least 19C and some hazy patches in the west of the country. Temperatures could even reach 20 to 21C in the south of the country. Pictured: The South West coast path is packed with holidaymakers as visitors flock to Durdle Door in Dorset to enjoy the scorching hot sunshine on Easter Sunday
Showers will return by Tuesday and Wednesday, the Met Office has said, with the weather starting to become cooler from Monday.
After an early morning with some mist and fog today, Easter Sunday is set to be a fine day with some ‘spells of sunshine’, the forecaster said.
It will feel ‘rather warm’ in the afternoon with a maximum temperature of at least 19C and some hazy patches in the west of the country.
Pictured: Families are out enjoying the Easter Sunday sunshine at Hatton Locks in Warwickshire before the freeze later on
By the evening, rain will start to arrive from the west as Monday only reaches highs of 17C and the weather gets colder by the end with the rest of the week. Pictured: A group sit together underneath cherry blossom trees during sunny weather in Greenwich Park yesterday
Easter Monday will see some scattering of showers and it will be slightly cooler as temperatures start to drop, he said. Pictured: People enjoy the sun on Weston-super-mare beach yesterday
Temperatures could even reach 20 to 21C in the south of the country.
It will feel ‘rather warm’ in the afternoon with a maximum temperature of between 20C to 21C likely and some hazy patches in the west of the country.
By the evening, rain will start to arrive from the west as Monday only reaches highs of 17C and the weather gets colder by the end with the rest of the week.
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