Temperatures are set to rise over the next few days, with parts of Norfolk forecast to reach highs of 33C.

Those searching for Mediterranean temperatures on Monday won't need to venture far with the Met Office predicting the mercury will reach the low 30s in parts of the county.

The Health Security Agency issued a yellow heat health alert for the region which will remain in place from 9am tomorrow until 9am on Wednesday.

With temperatures peaking in the afternoon, Hunstanton, Downham Market and King's Lynn in west Norfolk are predicted to reach a blistering 33C, four degrees hotter than Barcelona will be on the same day.

Beachgoers making a trip to the north Norfolk coast will enjoy peak temperatures of 31C in Wells-next-the-Sea and 29C in Cromer and Sheringham.

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In other parts of the county, Norwich could reach up to 30C, with Diss and Attleborough forecast 31C, and Thetford and Swaffham 32C.

The sea breeze will keep the east coast notably cooler, as places like Great Yarmouth and Winterton-on-Sea settling in the mid-20s. 

A yellow heat-health alert has been issued in Norfolk (Image: Newsquest) Anyone planning on enjoying the sun should be warned that the UV level rating has been set to high across the region.

The hotter weather set to arrive tomorrow has, in part, been influenced by tropical Storm Debby, which has brought extreme rainfall to the east coast of the USA.

The storm will be felt indirectly in parts of the UK, including Norfolk, through its influence on the jet stream - a fast, narrow current of air that flows in an easterly direction across the globe 

Met Office chief meteorologist, Dan Suri, said: “Tropical Storm Debby in North America is helping to strengthen the jet stream and is causing it to meander over the Atlantic.

"This will allow hot air to move into the UK later this weekend and early next week."