WORCESTER could see warmer temperatures this month as an 'African plume' is predicted to hit the country.

A mini heatwave will hit the city - though only for a short period.

Temperatures are expected to be above normal for this time of the year, according to Met Office.

According to the Met Office, the African plume could hit Worcester and the rest of the UK shortly before Halloween this year. 

Forecasters from the Met Office said Halloween is too far to predict exact temperatures but temperatures are likely to average around 15C. 

In the rest of the country, temperatures could soar back into the 20s as a plume of hot air from Africa makes its way to the country. 

New Weather explained the phenomenon, saying: “The potential for warm weather next week is thanks to an increasingly amplifying upper flow pattern upstream over the North Atlantic, leading to an upper trough to disrupt to form a cut-off upper low to the west of Europe.

“This upper low to the west combined with a strong upper ridge building north over Europe looks to pump a plume of very warm air north from Northwest Africa across western Europe next week, reaching southern Britain by Wednesday.

"So, there is potential next week, particularly Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, for temperatures to reach the low twenties Celsius across southern Britain with sunshine, most likely across SE England and East Anglia."