The Met Office has confirmed that while temperatures will rise across the UK in the coming days, it won't be as 'intense' as many expect.
Forecasters said that a so-called concentrated plume of 'intense heat' coming to the UK from southern Europe or North Africa will not result in dramatically high temperatures. It clarified that the temperature increases later on in the week will be 'home grown' and see levels of roughly 25C.
This will result in settled weather and dry sunny conditions in many areas. In Manchester, the Met Office said temperatures will reach as high as 20C in the early part of the week before dropping down slightly and increasing yet again near the end of the week.
