The heat is likely to build slowly during the rest of this week, with maximum temperatures climbing to the low to mid 20s by the weekend, before soaring into the highs 20s or low 30s by early next week.
However, although it will be hot, forecasters are not currently expecting it to top the 35.2°C recorded on 19 July.
Jersey Met Office forecaster Sarah Weber said: ‘We are expecting the flow to become easterly over Sunday night. This will drag some very hot air in from the Continent, and we are going for a maximum of 29°C on Monday.
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