Wildfires warning as heat is on in Scotland

GET ready for Scot-chio a double dose of high pressure will keep Scotland warm and sunny tomorrow, as the nation's children start their Easter Holidays.

- By Paul Drury

The weather phenomenon which protects us from incoming inclement Atlantic weather has been sitting to the east of the country over Scandinavia and the North Sea.

And over the next 24 hours, a separate ridge of high pressure will settle over the north of Scotland, dominating our climate to create brilliant conditions again today.

Yesterday two locations matched Scotland's top temperature of 2025, at Altnaharra in Sutherland, and at Kinloss in Moray, where the mercury hit 67F (19.7C).

Temperatures

Looking ahead to today, Clare Nasir of the Met Office said: "Tomorrow, there will be a lot of sunshine around.

"The warmest will be in the west, where we will see the highest temperatures.'