thousands made the most of the warm weekend weather today by heading to beaches and parks across the country .
britain is basking in sunshine with highs of 16.6 c in achnagart , scotland , and 16.4 c in pembrey sands , wales .
virtually cloud-free satellite image from the european space agency 's metop-b satellite has been released .
this month is set to be one of the warmest on record after temperatures soared to above 25c on wednesday .