A heatwave is reportedly set to hit Bristol next month - bringing temperatures over 30C. But what does the Met Office think?
Data from the Global Forecast System was shared on Twitter by the West of England Weather account. It shows that on July 9, temperatures will hit highs of 32C.
Alongside the picture, the account wrote: "It’s along way off but charts are starting to show some very warm / hot temperatures as we head into July , gfs model here showing 32° for Bristol."
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But before you make plans to have fun in the sun, or rush out to buy a new pair of sunglasses - BristolLive wanted to find out what the Met Office thought of the forecast.
Unfortunately, the long range weather forecast is not area specific - instead referring to the whole of the UK. Referring to the time period between July 3 and July 12, they said that temperatures in the south and east of England will range between average and 'rather warm'.
The weather experts also said that southern and eastern pats of the country are likely to see a 'good deal of dry and sunny conditions'. A Met Office spokesperson said: "The period will start with scattered showers and sunny spells for most, gradually easing from the west through Sunday. More settled conditions are expected into the start of next week, although with a risk of showers at times continuing in the north.
"A generally more settled regime persists for much of this period, although occasional spells of more organised cloud and rain may continue to affect northern parts at times. Southern and eastern areas are most likely to see a good deal of dry and sunny conditions through the period.
"Temperatures feeling near normal to rather cool in the northwest, although likely increasing above normal towards the end of the period as settled conditions become more widespread. In the south and east, temperatures above average to rather warm."
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