Weather set to hot up for the rest of the Paralympic Games

 
Sun shine: Clear evening skies over the Olympic Stadium Pic: GETTY
4 September 2012

Paralympic athletes and spectators can expect to enjoy dry and warm weather for the rest of the Games as the chase for the remaining medals of London 2012 hots up.

Temperatures are set to rise at the Olympic Park over the coming days, with forecasters predicting the mercury will hit a high of 27C (80.6F) for Sunday's closing ceremony.

Fans have experienced mixed weather so far during the Games, as more than one million people have watched Paralympians compete across 21 sports.

Helen Rossington, forecaster at Meteogroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "Wednesday and Thursday will see long sunny spells, with temperatures up to 20 or 21C (69.8F).

"It will be slightly cloudier around the park on Friday but it will remain dry. Temperatures could reach around 23 or 24C (75.2F).

"On Saturday it will be cloudy in the morning but will remain fine with highs of around 24 or 25C(77F).

"It will stay dry into Sunday evening when the weather will be even warmer and sunnier, with temperatures reaching 26 or 27C (80.6F)."

An area of high pressure over the UK is expected to bring fine weather for most of the country over the next few days, Ms Rossington said.

Luckily London 2012 will just miss out on the return of more unsettled weather, with rain forecast for the capital on the Monday after the closing ceremony, she added.

ParalympicsGB will be hoping to meet the target of 103 medals by the end of the Games and surpass the total won at Beijing four years ago.

Sunday's closing ceremony at Stratford's 80,000-seater Olympic Stadium will see British band Coldplay headline the event.

The ceremony, called Festival of Flame, has been directed by Kim Gavin and is to include a cast of almost 2,000 people, organisers said.

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