04/08/03 to Tuesday 05/08/03
A glorious morning for most on Monday, with blazing hot sunshine from the word go! Across most of England and Wales, this sunshine will remain all day, with little cloud around and temperatures soaring above 30C in places, cooler around the coast. Conditions will be rather more varied across Ireland, Northern Ireland, south-west England, and later western Scotland. Here, rather more cloud around and as it warms up we may see one or two sharp showers developing. A muggy night in the south, but clear skies here leading into another fine morning on Tuesday. North-western parts will stay rather cloudy, with the risk of some showery rain. Elsewhere, as temperatures rocket once more, scattered showers or thunderstorms will develop. These will be the exception however, with most of England and

06/08/03 to Thursday 07/08/03
The heat-wave continuing during Wednesday, although with subtle differences. Pressure will generally be low, and thus the likelihood of rather more cloud around with the risk of showers is greater. Many places will still remain dry and bright, becoming extremely oppressive as temperatures reach the mid thirties Celsius. Once again, head for the coast for sea-breeze relief, although overnight there will be no escaping the high humidity and temperatures. Into Thursday, we are expecting more in the way of sunshine, with the chance of showers decreasing. Turning out very warm or hot once more, and very oppressive again across central

08/08/03 to Sunday 10/08/03
The road to recovery from Monday, as summer is set to return. High pressure is expected to form a block over the UK and Ireland, forcing low pressure systems to our north. Sunshine is expected to increase for Monday, some parts seeing wall to wall sunshine. Patchy cloud will develop in hillier areas, and cloud may prove stubborn to clear northern Scotland during the morning. During Tuesday and into Wednesday, all parts seeing warm sunshine and light winds, with temperatures reaching the mid twenties Celsius, perhaps higher in places. Confidence is high at the moment of the summer scenario returning, but as ever further detail will be included in the next forecast update.