TEMPERATURES could reach 20C this weekend across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole – making it warmer than Barcelona.

The Met Office is predicting highs of 20C on Saturday with long spells of sunshine until lunchtime.

Sunny intervals and highs of 19C are expected on Sunday.

Then on Monday and Tuesday, more sunshine is forecast with highs once again of 20C.

The current Met Office forecast for Barcelona is cloudy changing to sunny intervals and 19C on Saturday and more cloud with highs of 19C on Sunday. 

Here’s the Met Office forecast for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for the next few days.

Friday, May 19

10am – cloudy, 15C, feels like 15C

1pm – cloudy, 15C, feels like 13C

4pm – 80 per cent chance of heavy rain, 13C, feels like 13C

7pm – 40 per cent chance of light showers, 14C, feels like 14C

10pm – partly cloudy, 13C, feels like 12C

Saturday, May 20

7am – sunny, 9C, feels like 6C

10am – sunny, 14C, feels like 12C

1pm – sunny intervals, 19C, feels like 16C

4pm – cloudy, 19C, feels like 16C

7pm – cloudy, 18C, feels like 16C

10pm – clear, 15C, feels like 14C

Sunday, May 21

7am – sunny, 9C, feels like 7C

10am – sunny, 14C, feels like 12C

1pm – sunny intervals, 17C, feels like 15C

4pm -cloudy, 18C, feels like 16C

7pm – sunny intervals, 18C, feels like 15C

10pm – clear, 15C, feels like 13C

Monday, May 22

7am – sunny intervals, 11C, feels like 9C

10am – sunny intervals, 15C, feels like 13C

1pm – sunny, 18C, feels like 16C

4pm – sunny intervals, 19C, feels like 17C

7pm – sunny, 19C, feels like 17C

10pm – clear, 16C, feels like 14C

Looking ahead from May 23 to June 1, the Met Office says: “High pressure will dominate over most of the UK through the first half of this period, with settled conditions for most of the country.

“Exceptions to these settled conditions could develop in the northwest and the southeast, where there may be outbreaks of rain and drizzle at times.

“Winds will be light across the majority of areas but could be stronger at times in the far northwest and southeast.

“During the second half of this period, high pressure is expected to continue to lie across much of the UK.

“This is likely to extend over the southwest and northeast of the country bringing a return to more settled weather.

“This will bring a good deal of fine and dry weather for the majority of areas.”