The Met Office has said the UK will be getting summer-like temperatures this week, including across Wirral.  

Throughout the week Wirral will see sun, heat, and no clouds with highs of 17 degrees expected to hit the area.

Now is the time to get out your summer wardrobe and put away your winter coats. 

On Tuesday you can expect the hottest day with temperatures to rise to 17C with sunny skies throughout the day and very little wind of 11 mph.

Wednesday and Thursday have similar forecasts with 16C and 15C predicted respectively, as well as sunny skies and very little wind throughout the day. 

Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst said: “We’re going to keep high pressure just to the east of the UK and that means it will be largely dry and settled with plenty of sunny spells.

“There is the odd exception, there could just be an isolated shower across the Midlands on Monday, perhaps northern England on Tuesday, but they’re going to be very isolated and most places will be dry and sunny.”

While the rest of the week will be a little milder, with highs of 14C, it is still expected to be sunny with no clouds in the sky. 

This week's mini 'heat wave' is just a hint of what is expected to reach the UK in April, with the first two weeks of the month reaching mid to high twenty. 

It's a relief for us all after the many storms and rain across the North West earlier this year.