SCOTLAND is enjoying the ‘final days’ of sunshine before predicted downpours.
Highs of 17°C are forecast for parts of Glasgow today, but a change in the weather pattern will bring downpours over the weekend and into next week.
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Shoppers flock to Glasgow’s city centre and enjoy the weatherCredit: Alamy
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Scots are making the most of the gorgeous sunny weatherCredit: Alamy
It comes as locals and tourists soak up the sun in George Square and the city centre.
Elsewhere, Edinburgh is experiencing Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze.
Aberdeen is scorching and enjoying highs of 8°C with a moderate breeze.
Meanwhile an “extreme” wildfire warning was issued in Scotland.
Firefighters remained at the scene of a wildfire on the Isle of Arran, to the north-west of Brodick, as well as one in the Cumbernauld area of North Lanarkshire which broke out on Thursday evening.
However sunshine that has blazed this month is set to end.
High pressure responsible for blue skies is slipping into the continent, replaced by cloud and rain coming in from the west.
In the first 10 days of this month alone, Scotland has enjoyed almost three-quarters of the sunshine it would normally expect in the entire month of April.
Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly said: “A change is on the way this weekend, as we say goodbye to the wall-to-wall sunshine.
“High pressure sinks southwards and allows low pressure to take hold bringing more cloud, rain and showers, and also lower temperatures.
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“The far north west of Scotland will start to see the change as rain and drizzle lingers into Saturday.
“The weekend will start dry for much of the UK, with the best of the sunshine in Scotland and northern and eastern England, where maximum temperatures of 23C could be reached.”
Supermarkets are expecting an early-season rush in the morning for barbecue staples like burgers, buns and beers.
Sainsbury’s said ice lolly and ice cream sales are up 100 per cent.