Weather: Yorkshire set for hottest weekend of the year!

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After months of snow, rain and chilly temperatures, we are set to see some brighter, sunnier weather towards the end of this week and heading into the weekend.

Met Office officials are predicting the mercury will begin to rise on Friday, with top temperatures in Yorkshire thought to reach 12C. There could, however, still be some drizzly rain to accompany the warmer air

On Saturday things get drier and hotter again, with a top temperature of 15C. The nice weather looks to continue into Sunday with 15C once again predicted by the Met Office, making it the warmest weekend of 2018 so far.

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Monday's top temperature is predicted to be 15C again before hotting up further on Tuesday, with a balmy 17C set to shine down on the region.