BRITS are tipped for one last heat blast next month after the balmy Bank Holiday weekend made up for a summer of soggy downpours.

Ex-Met Office forecaster John Hammond said the balmy weather is likely to pick up again in the first week of September.

The Weathertrending forecaster said "the mid-20s is possible" by Tuesday or Wednesday – giving hope of a few more days of sunshine, Birmingham Mail reports.

"Many of us can look forward to some fine weather, so don't put away your garden furniture just yet," he said.

"A late blast of summer sunshine is on the menu. It will be late summer at its best, with a sunnier finale to a dull August.

"The mid-20s is possible by midweek, with the fine weather holding on for the weekend and for a few more days into September for most."

BANK HOLIDAY SCORCHER

It comes after the mercury hit a balmy 24C yesterday with sun seekers packing into parks and beaches.

Flocks of families made their way to beaches in Dorset to soak up the warm sunshine where the mercury rose to 23C.

Kids made sandcastles at a beach in West Wittering while others kept cool by going for a dip in sunny Cornwall.

And in Bournemouth, a couple got engaged after a man went down on one knee on the sand.

Meanwhile, thousands of music fans gathered at the Reading and Leeds festivals and the Creamfields dance extravaganza near Warrington, Cheshire.

Temperatures today and Tuesday are expected to drop to around 21C.

A spokesperson for the BBC said: "High pressure looks a bit more likely to stick around through the bank holiday weekend and into the first week of September before gradually declining away.

"This means the first few days of autumn will tend to keep things largely dry across the UK with some warmth in western and northern areas.

"With high pressure to our northwest, a cooler easterly wind in the North Sea and southern half of the UK will keep the temperatures a little below average there.

"Towards the first weekend of September, there are some signals that low pressure may begin to push in as the high starts to weaken and shift north.

"However, confidence is a bit low on the exact timing, and this could hold off until the following week."

More than 20million are set to barbecue today, while the RAC says three million cars will be on the roads as people head home from staycations.

Train ticket sales to seaside towns also surpassed pre-pandemic levels.

The RAC has estimated 16.7 million road trips took place over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Inrix analyst Bob Pishue said: "Drivers hitting the road for one last getaway before the end of summer should expect long delays on key corridors.

"Knowing when and where congestion will build can help drivers avoid the stress of sitting in traffic.

'RECORD BREAKING'

Scantily clad partygoers in Leeds slathered on the suncream before posing for pictures as they kicked off the event's second day.

Reading and Leeds Festival is one of the first major festivals to officially reopen its doors since Covid restrictions were lifted.

It comes after the Met Office said this summer could potentially be in the top 10 warmest summers on record – despite a largely disappointing July and August.

In a statement, the Met Office says while it is still a few days off announcing a definitive ranking at the start of September, the UK's mean temperature for summer was around one-degree centigrade higher than average at 15.4C.

Northern Ireland has so far had one of its warmer summers with a mean temperature of 15.0C.

And the Met Office said Scotland's figure was 13.8C, which qualified as "notably warm".

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