Brits are set for a scorching weekend as a mini-heatwave is set to hit the UK - but will it hit the North East?
Temperatures will be in the upper 20s across most of the country but come Friday they could hit 30°C.
According to the Met Office the whole country will see rising temperatures due to high pressure coming from the Portuguese islands of the Azores.
The Met said in a blog post on Tuesday that "temperatures, particularly in the south, are likely to reach the mid, to possibly high 20s over the next few days and into the weekend.
"Some areas may reach heatwave criteria."
While the best of sunshine will be enjoyed in the south and east, it will be fine and dry all across the UK on Wednesday.
Western and northwestern UK will see a few more clouds with some spells of rain, mainly over Northern Ireland and western Scotland.
Thursday will see "a fairly cloudy start" for most areas before they brighten up to give way to warm sunny spells, although the west is bound to have more clouds.
The weekend is set to be hot with the mercury possibly tipping above 30°C in parts of the South East by the beginning of next week.
Here is the picture for the North East:
Warmer but cloudier on the whole, the Met Office says. Some light showers and rain over the hills at night but mainly dry.
Light rain over the hills and cloudy in the west while it will be brighter further east with sunny spells, although there may also be one isolated shower.
The weekend will look better as it will be "mainly fine" with long sunny spells and temperatures possibly rising further.
Maximum temperatures will be 24°C throughout.
Overnight mist and fog patches are still possible.
