Scotland is to be hotter than Ibiza this weekend as temperatures gear up to hit a balmy 18C in a mini heatwave.
Sunseekers have been enjoying a warm spell with plenty of rays over the past few days and the good weather is expected to continue into the weekend.
The Met Office is expecting to see the mercury reach 18C in some parts of the country - double the above average of April.
Forecasters are predicting temperatures of up to 21C in Scotland for the end of the month and into May, amid a 500 mile-wide continental heat plume.
And Scots are set to sizzle on Friday, with blue skies and highs of 18C in Glasgow, with conditions to feel 'very warm', according to the Met Office.
It will even reach temperatures hotter than Ibiza, with the sunny Spanish island in the Mediterranean to be a chilly 12C to 17C.
Scots will also need to get the suncream out as the Met Office has warned strong sunshine over the next few days will give off high UV rays.
The Met Office forecast reads: "A bright day with sunny spells. It will feel warm or very warm in afternoon sunshine, although some coasts cooler with sea breezes developing. Maximum Temperature 18C."
Meanwhile, Edinburgh will see temperatures highs of 15C, while Dundee will be treated to 13C weather and Aberdeen sightly less at 12C over the weekend.
The warm weather will likely carry on until next week, according to forecasters, which will be a boost pubs and beers gardens set to welcome back customers from Monday, April 26.
Up to six people from six households are allowed to sit outside and enjoy a pint as Scotland's lockdown restrictions ease for the first time in nearly five months.
The 4.6C UK average temperature up to mid-month is 2.8C below April’s average 7.4C for the whole month.
It would take an unforeseen heatwave to prevent the month ending colder-than-average.
April will be the coldest since 1989 if the month’s average temperature - which includes day and night temperatures - stays more than 1.1C below normal, Met Office records show.
