BOLTON'S sunseekers are being urged to dust off their hats and sun cream as temperatures are expected to rise to almost 30C after a damp August.

From tomorrow the temperature is set to rise reaching 27 degrees on Tuesday Wednesday.

Daytime temperatures tomorrow will reach 22 degree and on Monday 23 degrees.

And The Met Office has warned that while the peak of summer has passed, people could still suffer sunburn if they fail to take precautions.

Thunderstorms in the second half of the week concludes the hot spell.

The storms will start in the western parts of England and Wales before moving east into next weekend, the Met Office said.

Craig Snell, Met Office meteorologist, told the PA news agency: “The sun is still fairly strong so if you’re going to be in the sun for kind of a good length of time, wear a hat and some sun cream because even though it would be kind of past the peak of the summer, the sun can still burn you at this time of year.”

Mr Snell said temperatures are likely to be higher than expected for this time of year.

He said: “September over the last decade or so, we have had a warm spell especially towards the beginning of the month.”

A period of high pressure in the west of the UK had meant cloudy conditions for many over the last week but these systems will draw southward over the weekend, bringing warmer winds from continental Europe, he said.

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