Parts of Wales will be as hot as Ibiza this week as scorching heat is set to return to the UK.
Following days of torrential downpours, skies will largely give way to sunshine during the week ahead.
Maximum temperatures will begin in the high teens and low 20s to start the week off, but will rise as we head into Thursday, before peaking near 30°C in Wales.
BBC senior meteorologist Derek Brockway predicts the hottest weather of the year so far in Wales.
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, is forecast to hit a scorching 29°C, equalling the predicted high in sun-drenched Ibiza.
Widespread temperature readings of 26-27°C are expected elsewhere.
While maximum temperatures will reach some of their highest levels so far this year, nighttime temperatures will also be steamy.
On Twitter, BBC meteorologist Matt Taylor warned: "This week will bring the highest temperatures since late-August.
"Nights will become stiflingly warm too."
The feels-like temperature overnight on Wednesday will be 22°C in parts of south Wales and in the upper teens further north.
Those hoping to take advantage of the heat and sunshine will want to do so in the middle of the week as the possibility for severe thunderstorms is set to grow towards Friday.
Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Martin Young said the warm continental air will threaten to trigger the storms, bringing an end to the extreme highs.
What to expect where you live:
Cardiff
Swansea
Tenby
Aberporth
Aberystwyth
Porthmadog
Rhyl
Builth Wells
People in Wales will still be asked to stay local while they enjoy the sunshine, while First Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed last week that he plans to end the "stay local" five-mile rule on July 6.
Speaking about the five-mile rule last week on BBC Radio Wales, he said: "We plan to lift those in two weeks time, so we are asking people to do one last lap of the stay local arrangements.
"We need these two weeks to bed down on the virus, and to allow those parts of the economy where people will travel to when they are able to do so, that those parts of the economy can prepare as well.
"That, if on the sixth of July we are able to confirm that the stay local message is over and people choose, as I am sure they will, to travel to those parts of Wales which are holiday destinations that those places now have two weeks to prepare for that. To put all those things in place.
"It is a sensible precaution measure."
