A yellow weather warning has been put in place for thunderstorms across parts of the region as the UK is set to see its hottest day this year.

The Met Office has said the North East will experience very warm and humid weather today (August 12), with a risk of thunderstorms.

They added clusters of locally intense thunderstorms will move steadily northeastwards, with the weather potentially turning gusty with hail possible.

They said a band of heavy, locally thundery rain will follow behind this, easing during the afternoon.

There will be a maximum temperature of 26 °C today, with the region expecting a minimum temperature of 7 °C tonight.

It has been predicted by the forecaster that temperatures will reach 34-35C in some areas of the UK, following a hot weekend for many in the country.

With temperatures predicted to hit these heights, it is expected to be the hottest day of the year.

High-pressure winds drawing in warm air from Europe caused temperatures to climb on Sunday and remain high on Monday but they are expected to return to average levels on Tuesday, the Met Office said.

Temperatures are unlikely to exceed the 40.3C recorded at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, on July 19 2022, the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK, according to forecasters.

Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said: “It’s going to be hot.

“The weather is coming with a lot of humidity, so it will feel quite uncomfortable out there across central-eastern England.

“Elsewhere, it’s still going to be warm and humid, but the hottest weather will be in central-eastern England.

“Thunderstorms are already beginning to move into the Republic of Ireland.

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“They will start to move up into Northern Ireland later this evening and then move across Scotland and northern England as we go through the night and into tomorrow.

“It could be potentially quite nasty in places up there.

“Although we probably won’t see that severe weather across the south, that system will gradually bring some cooler temperatures to all parts as we go through Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs back up to the high 20s rather than mid 30s.”