BOURNEMOUTH is set for another hot day as the heatwave continues.

Yesterday, temperatures of around 30C were recorded in Bournemouth with highs of 35C in some locations further away from the coast.

The Met Office says it could feel even hotter on Tuesday.

A Met Office amber weather alert of “extreme heat” remains in force until 11.59pm tonight.

Meanwhile, a level 4 heat-health alert warning the heatwave poses a “national emergency” will be in place until 12am on Wednesday for the whole of England.

Bournemouth Met Office weather forecast

Wall to wall sunshine is expected for most of the day with conditions turning cloudier by around 3pm with a 40 per cent chance of a light shower at 6pm before things turn sunny again in the evening.

Here is an hour by hour forecast for Tuesday, July 19:

  • Midnight 25C
  • 1am 25C
  • 2am 24C
  • 3am 24C
  • 4am 23C
  • 5am 23C
  • 6am 23C
  • 7am 24C
  • 8am 24C
  • 9am 25C
  • 10am 25C
  • 11am 25C
  • 12pm 25C
  • 1pm 27C
  • 2pm 26C
  • 3pm 25C
  • 4pm 23C
  • 5pm 23C
  • 6pm 22C
  • 7pm 21C
  • 8pm 20C
  • 9pm 20C
  • 10pm 19C
  • 11pm 18C
  • 12am 18C

What happens next? 

According to the Met Office, temperatures will start climbing down after Tuesday.

A spokesperson said: “Temperatures are expected to start to return closer to normal for the time of year from the middle of next week onwards as cooler air pushes across the country from the west.”

The forecast says Wednesday will see sunny intervals and highs of 23C with 22C on Thursday and Friday and 21 on Saturday and Sunday. 

No further weather warnings are in place after the amber alert ends on Tuesday night. 

The Met Office long range forecast says

"Any thunderstorms in the south on Saturday morning clearing eastward, leaving a bright day with sunny intervals and just a scattering of showers for some.

"It will then turn unsettled from the west later in the weekend, with showers and some longer spells of rain, locally heavy and perhaps thundery, accompanied by some stronger winds at times.

"Fine and dry weather is likely to arrive for many further into the period, as high pressure will slowly build over at least southern UK through the middle of next week.

"Temperatures are expected to trend close to the average for late July, but perhaps warm in the south at times. Towards the end of the period unsettled weather again becomes more likely."