16/07/2013 BBC Weather

Good evening. It has been another very hot day across the southern

half of the British Isles. I keep being asked how long is it going to

last? Love it or loathe it, there is more to come up for the weekend

at least. It is going to become increasingly widespread if anything.

Temperatures widely in the high teens as we move into the small

hours on Wednesday. An uncomfortable night for some. Once

the sun gets up on Wednesday, the temperatures start to build. To the

north there is still more cloud and some weather fronts, so it is a

little fresher here in the afternoon. Further south it could

even touched 32 degrees. That would take us into that hottest day of

the year so far. You may have noticed there are showers at

showing up. We may catch a few thunderstorms, particularly during

the early evening. But the range 1 not reached the ground because it

is so dry out there at the moment. There will still be some rain to

the north of the UK. But we are hopeful we will see some brighter

weather by the time we get to the afternoon. Sunny spells for

Northern Ireland and plenty of sunshine in northern England.

Patchy cloud in Wales and the south-west, but still plenty of

sunshine. Something else that is not in short supply at the moment

is pollen. A high count across the UK. It looks like that will be the

story for the end of the week and into the weekend as we keep the

high pressure. We keep the same air, and we get rid of the cloud and the

weather front for Scotland and Northern Ireland and that allows