A touch of summer, and then winter makes a return!

IT MAY feel like summer has arrived early this week, but temperatures are set to plunge as Arctic winds hit the UK over the Easter weekend.

There could even be wintry showers on higher ground, with Easter Sunday and Monday feeling the coldest.

Temperature highs of 22C are expected in Wales today and tomorrow, but the wind direction will change by the end of the week to bring colder air from the north.

Met Office forecaster

Ben Rich said: “It is going to feel like spring for a lot of us, and in some places you would be forgiven for thinking that summer has arrived early, but by the end of the week it will feel more like winter has returned.”

BBC Breakfast forecaster Carol Kirkwood said it will be particularly cold on Easter Sunday and Monday.

“By the end of the week the weather that is bringing the colder front will open the doors to some Arctic air that will come right the way across the whole of the UK,” she said.

“It is going to turn much colder and it will be windy as well. There is even a chance of wintry showers on the hills.”

Temperatures could fall by as much as 10C over the course of the week.

Welsh weather forecaster Sue Charles said: “High pressure builds and southerly winds will draw up tropical warmth so much more sunshine on Tuesday, and really feeling warmer as we tap into the air coming from the Continent.

“Temperatures reaching the low 20s, a real taste of early summer. Similar on Wednesday.

“But we introduce northerly winds towards the end of the week so it will turn cooler again into the Easter weekend.”

Sunny spells tomorrow are expected to turn cloudier later with a spot of rain.

Temperatures are expected to get colder on Thursday and Friday, with sunny spells and the risk of an overnight frost.