Your weather for Friday, August 23, as Hartlepool prepares for bank holiday weekend sizzler

So will Hartlepool share in the sunshine which is widely predicted to return to our shores this bank holiday weekend?
Sunseekers enjoy the hot weather at Hartlepool Marina during a 2013 bank holiday weekend.Sunseekers enjoy the hot weather at Hartlepool Marina during a 2013 bank holiday weekend.
Sunseekers enjoy the hot weather at Hartlepool Marina during a 2013 bank holiday weekend.

While temperatures may not reach the 30 degrees Celsius forecast for the south, the town is still expected to enjoy an extended period of hot weather.

Friday sees temperatures reach 23 degrees Celsius from 1pm with similar highs likely throughout Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

The Met Office also predicts 21 degrees Celsius sunshine next Tuesday.

Phew. We'll be praying for rain by then.

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