GLOUCESTERSHIRE will see scorching highs of 30 degrees Celsius today.

Here is your hour-by-hour guide for the weather in the county today, as predicted by the Met Office:

11am: 23°

12pm: 25°

1pm: 27°

2pm: 28°

3pm: 29°

4pm: 30°

5pm: 30°

6pm: 29°

7pm: 27°

8pm: 25°

9pm: 23°

10pm: 22°

11pm: 20°

The Met Office says: "Skies will clear through the morning leaving plenty of sunshine. It will stay dry throughout.

"Feeling very warm or perhaps hot in places. Maximum temperature 30 °C."