An article on the front page of today’s Daily Express suggests that there is a new UK heat wave in the offing for next week and temperatures could soar into the 90s °F (32-37 °C).

This is not a forecast from the Met Office and, sadly for those who enjoy the heat, there’s no sign that we will see a return to the prolonged hot and sunny weather we saw in July.

In the Express, the article talks about high temperatures on the continent – up to 104 °F (40 °C). This may be the case in parts of continental Europe, but that doesn’t mean we’ll see temperatures like that in the UK or even a heat wave of any description. For that continental air to impact us, you’d need a very specific weather pattern and – looking at several of the world’s leading weather prediction models – there is no sign of that at the moment.

However, we do expect to see periods of decent, sunny weather over the next ten days or so (including today and tomorrow for some parts of the country). These will be mixed in with periods of more unsettled, wetter and windier weather. In fact, it looks like fairly typical mixed weather for the UK at this time of year.

In terms of temperatures, currently it looks like our highs will continue to be in the mid 20s °C – with the warmest weather being in south eastern parts of the country. Elsewhere temperatures are likely to peak in the high teens to low 20s °C.

You can see the outlook to the end of August and in to September on our website.