Competitors and spectators are set for a week of mostly clear weather ahead of the 89th Masters tournament.

Friday is forecast to be "mostly dry with plenty of sunny spells" with temperatures of up to 28C followed by "generally dry and still quite warm" weather over the weekend, Mr Partridge added.

The GFS weather ... forecast period or even earlier, along with temperatures rising above average. Rather wet and windy conditions may return at least to the north-western half of the UK then." ...

The weather in the UK over the coming days is starting to reflect that. According to the latest forecast by the Met Office, Saturday afternoon will be reasonably mild across the UK with highs of 15C ...