Back to the beach…but brace for thunder: Britain will bask in 75F today as glorious hot spell continues before storms sweep across South East tonight
- Temperatures will hit 24C (75F) today but up to 1.5 inches of rain will hit parts of the South East tonight
- Met Office forecasters say hot weather this week is due to air mass from the south bringing up mild air
- UK recorded its warmest day of the year so far yesterday as London Heathrow Airport hit 27.5C (81.5F)
- But Met Office issues thunderstorm warning for South and East from 7pm tonight until 3am tomorrow