Tomorrow could be hottest day of year

Temperatures reached as high as 24C yesterday, with forecast highs of 26C today and a degree higher tomorrow.

This would beat the island’s hottest day thus far of 24.5C on 11 April over the Easter weekend.

Yesterday, the Guernsey Met Office forecast said it would be sunny and very warm with mostly fine weather overnight.

Today is due to be even warmer with a forecast of sunny and hot, before tailing off towards the end of the week with some chance of rain, although temperatures are expected to remain in the 20s.

The warm weather is thanks to high pressure to the east drawing up some very warm air from the south.

‘We may see a thundery breakdown on Thursday night, but from Friday temperatures will be back to the low 20s,’ a Guernsey Met Office spokesman said.

Islanders can also enjoy long, warm days with sunrise at just after 5am and sunsets at about 9.20pm.

And it could be even hotter in the UK this week, as some areas are predicted hit 34C.

UK meteorologists have issued a health warning in advance of the heatwave in which Britain will enjoy the hottest day of the year so far.

The ‘heat-health alert’ was announced by the Met Office to prepare healthcare services for the impact of hot conditions that are expected to last this full week.

It is said that London will be even hotter than Ibiza.

The spokesman continued: ‘Due to the cooling influence of the sea we will not see the excessive temperatures – 30°C or more – that inland parts of the UK and France will experience.

‘But it is worth noting that UV levels will be very high at this time of year.’