Get your sun hat and bikini out as the glorious weather has finally arrived. Tuesday will be dry and warm with some lovely, long spells of sunshine. Winds will mainly be light.
However, it will be cloudier by the end of the afternoon with a chance of heavy rain in the far west. The maximum temperature will be 22 °C.
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Tonight, there will be a band of occasionally heavy rain moving eastwards during the evening. This should clear after midnight to leave dry conditions and partly cloudy skies.
It will also be breezy over the hills for a time and the minimum temperature will be 6 °C.
Nationwide forecasters say a plume of warm air from the Continent is set to make Tuesday the hottest day of the year so far, with highs of 26°C or 27°C expected in the south-east of England.
Hour by hour forecast
7am: Sunny, 12°, 5% chance of rain
8am: Sunny, 14°, 5% chance of rain
9am: Sunny, 16°, 5% chance of rain
10am: Sunny intervals, 16°, 5% chance of rain
11am: Cloudy, 17°, 5% chance of rain
12pm: 18°, Sunny intervals, 5% chance of rain
1pm: 19°, Sunny intervals, 5% chance of rain
2pm: 20°, Sunny intervals, 5% chance of rain
3pm: 20°, Sunny intervals, 5% chance of rain
4pm: 19°, Sunny intervals, 5% chance of rain
5pm: 19°, Sunny intervals, 5% chance of rain
6pm: 18°, Cloudy, 5% chance of rain
7pm: 18°, Cloudy, 5% chance of rain
8pm: 17°, Cloudy, 10% chance of rain
9pm: 16°, heavy rain, 80% chance of rain
10pm: 15°, heavy rain, 80% chance of rain
11pm: 15°, heavy rain, 80% chance of rain
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