TEMPERATURES are set to rise to 30C on Tuesday amid what the UK government has called a ‘heat health alert’. 

Baking sunshine will bask down on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole today with thousands of holidaymakers and residents expected to head down to the beach. 

Here is the hour-by-hour weather forecast for the BCP area according to the Met Office: 

9am: 22C 

10am: 25C 

11am: 27C 

12pm: 28C 

1pm: 29C 

2pm: 30C 

3pm: 30C 

4pm: 29C 

5pm: 29C 

6pm: 28C 

7pm: 28C 

8pm: 26C 

9pm: 24C 

10pm: 23C 

11pm: 22C 

However, this weather is not going to last: thunderstorms could come down on Thursday.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers on August 1 at 12am until midnight the same day. 

The heaviest showers could result in 20-30 mm within an hour, with 24 hour accumulations possibly reaching as much as 70-90 mm where multiple showers affect the same location, the Met Office said.