Headline: Warm and sunny for all.

Today: It will be another pleasant and dry day for all of us. Widely clear skies will allow for lengthy periods of warm sunshine with temperatures rising well above the late-April norm. Less breezy than recent days. Maximum Temperature 27C.

Tonight: Late evening sunshine, then dry overnight with largely clear skies. Small chance of mist patches around dawn. Cool for rural areas but very mild to the west of high ground. Minimum Temperature 8C.

Thursday: Fine start with widespread sunshine during the morning. Cloud spilling in during the afternoon with the low chance of isolated showers. The peak of temperatures during this current warm spell. Maximum Temperature 28C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday: Feeling fresher from Friday as temperatures gradually drop, returning to the seasonal average over the weekend. Small chance of showers on Friday, otherwise mostly dry during this period. Turning breezier.