Britain's final official holiday weekend of the summer could see record temperatures, weather experts from the Met Office said Wednesday.
Southeast England could see temperatures around 33 degrees Celsius on Monday, the last public holiday before Christmas.
The Met's Chief Meteorologist Steve Willington said if the mercury levels reached that figure it would set a new record for the late summer holiday weekend.
The current highest temperature on record for the UK during the Late Summer Bank holiday weekend is 31.5 degrees Celsius recorded at Heathrow, London in 2001.
The weather forecast came as VisitEngland said its August Bank Holiday Trip-Tracker survey shows that 8.6 million people in Britain plan an overnight holiday trip in the UK this holiday weekend, bringing an estimated 2.1-billion-pound (2.6-billion-U.S.-dollar) boost to the economy. The figures are the highest since this survey began in its current form in 2012.
The Met Office said after an unsettled couple of weeks, it's going to turn warm and sunny for many -- just in time for the late August Bank Holiday weekend.
From Friday (Aug. 23) south easterly winds will draw warm air from Europe towards the UK, bringing rising temperatures along with dry and settled weather.
With temperatures expected to be well above average for the time of year, heatwave thresholds will be met across many parts of the country. The Met Office has issued several heat health alerts in partnership with Public Health England.
