DORSET is set to be feeling hot, hot, hot as temperatures look set to hit 30degrees next week.

The Met Office has said that a heat wave from the continent is on its way next week, brings rapidly rising temperatures.

This is in contrast to the rest of June so far where the Met Office said the temperatures had been normal or just below normal for the time of year.

Dorset will see hot day and humid nights as the warm air moves in.

A spokesman for the Met Office said: “It looks like heat will start to build across Iberia later this weekend and spread northwards across France early next week as a tropical continental airmass begins to dominate the weather.

“Temperatures across Iberia and southern France could reach the low 40s celsius by midweek with northern France seeing temperatures into the mid to high 30s celsius.

“The UK is likely to be near the boundary between this tropical continental airmass and a tropical maritime airmass over the Atlantic, but we do expect to see temperatures rise across the whole of the UK for the start of July.”

The spokesman added: “It’s worth saying that there is some uncertainty about how much of the hot weather from the continent will reach us, and it may only last a couple of days before temperatures drop a little. As is traditional with hot weather in the UK in the summer it may end with thunderstorms.”