Temperatures on the Iberian Peninsula are already unusually high for mid-April.

In southern Spain and Portugal, as well as in the Ebro Valley, the thermometer is set to reach around 30 degrees from Thursday.

The warm weather will then spread to the western Mediterranean. This means that neighbouring France and Italy will also experience a brief taste of early summer. However, temperatures there are set to drop again after the weekend.

The heatwave is set to continue in Spain and Portugal next week. Temperatures could even reach as high as 36 degrees.

Meanwhile, the pressure set-up reponsible is keeping cooler air over the UK and Ireland with lows dropping back to the low single-digits by the weekend.