Today is the beginning of a TEN-day heatwave with temperatures expected to hit 28C.
Brits are expected flock to beaches and to cook up the BBQ while families get ready for the school holidays.
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After George Eustice, environment minister, demanded that the entire country be banned from using hose pipes, it was done.
Weather experts advised people to avoid the noon sun and stay in shade because the warm temperatures will last for at least ten more days.
Greg Dewhurst, senior meteorologist at Met Office, stated that “England will be dry with sunny spells.”
“Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland will be cloudier, with a risk for some patchy rain largely over the west of Scotland. However there will be sunny spells throughout Northern Ireland.
“Maximum temperatures will hover around 27C or possibly 28C, which would be in the central and southern parts of England.
“It will still be in the sun further north, even to the east of Scotland we might see 23C.”
It was added by Mr Dewhurst “fairly unusual”August tends not to see prolonged dry weather, making it a more wet month.
Eustice also said that water companies had the right to ban hosepipes and encouraged others to do so.
He wrote in Sunday Telegraph: “Water companies across the country have acted in line with their drought plans to minimize the impact of prolonged dry weather by using all available tools.
“I strongly urge others to do the same”.
In Kent and Sussex, more than 2 million Brits have been prohibited from watering their yards, cleaning up after their cars, or filling their pools with hose pipes.
And they face fines of up to £1,000 if the break the rules from Friday.
South East Water insists it had “no choice”It will implement the ban which, according to the company, will lower the amount of water taken. “already stressed local water sources”.
A Met Office map also shows when and where Brits will be able to enjoy 30C heat on Wednesday mid-afternoon.
Southwestern areas including Gillingham in Dorset, Oxford, and Gloucester are most likely to climb to the hotter temperatures.
It comes as an African plume is set to sweep across Britain next week.
Forecaster Stephen Dixon told Central Recorder: “Temperatures over the next week are set to head up – especially in southern areas of the UK.
“There’s a chance that heatwave criteria could be met in some places in the middle of next week with temperatures in the 30s.
“For a heatwave definition for us that would have to hit a certain threshold depending on the area for three days running.”
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