The video will start in 8 CancelGet Daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! The latest Met Office weather model shows the band of hot African air which is being described as a 'blowtorch' of heat engulfing Europe and the UK from the south. On Wednesday it will be mostly dry and sunny in Cornwall with temperatures climbing to the mid-20s Centigrade. A spokesperson for The Weather Channel said: “High pressure over southern Scandinavia will build westwards, keeping Atlantic low pressure at bay to the west of the British Isles. “A south-westerly flow around the high will bring warm tropical and temperatures will increase gradually peaking on Thursday.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 17, 2018 16:41 UTC