It's looking like here in the West Country we'll be treated to a week of hot and sunny weather as temperatures rise to 30C and beyond in places. Today's weather alone (Saturday, August 6) will see the mercury rise to around 23C in Bristol, while Bath and Somerset will see slightly cooler weather and Gloucestershire could possibly be a couple of degrees hotter.
Then, as the week progresses, the Met Office forecasts temperatures to exceed 30C, with sunny weather forecast across the region - and so far not a ingle drop of rain appears to be in sight. Forecasters at the Met Office added, however, that they are not expecting any temperature records to be broken this week (like those that came in the recent heatwave).
This hot weather will be due to an area of high pressure building from the Atlantic into the south and south west of England and Met Office chief forecaster, Steve Willington, said: "We could see parts of the UK entering heatwave conditions if the above-average temperatures last for three days or more.
