What the Met Office says about September heatwave as Spanish Plume hits the UK

As summer goes, August has been something of a washout.

However, after a few weeks of wet, grey and autumnal weather - last weekend having been a low point for many in Wales - forecasters are finally offering some good news.

A warmer end to August is being predicted, with a heatwave predicted to arrive in the UK come September.

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The Met Office is also predicting good weather for the whole of the country in the coming weeks, with "fine and settled weather across the UK" and "rather warm" temperatures in the West.

August has so far been a let down (WalesOnline/ Rob Browne)

A forecaster said: "From Monday will be mainly fine and dry, with rather warm temperatures in the west initially and more widely later in the last week of August and into September.

"There will be increasing amounts of sunshine and settled conditions, with high pressure likely to dominate."

Temperatures are expected to the mid-20s, even hitting a high of 27C in some parts of the country.

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This has been attributed to a large plume of hot air travelling up from from Spain and the Azores.