Sure he wasn't talking about the current weekend cooling? 

1.15 forecast isn't the week-ahead.

Also, Helen W just confirmed a hot weekend at the Beeb.

The 1.15 forecast went up to and including Friday, just as used to happen on Countryfile back in the days when it was on at or just before lunchtime on Sundays. Also, I'm pretty sure Stav was referring to next weekend in his remarks at the end which I referred to and not the current one.

Let's see what ECM 12z produces in the coming three quarters on an hour or so.

ECM 12z thus far seems to be siding with both UKMO and GEM in terms of a renewed cell of HP coming in from the atlantic during next weekend with a cooler & fresher airmass.

From what I am seeing in the models this evening, it looks as though Friday might be the best bet in terms of having another go at setting records, but there is still more than enough time for things to change in the models.

Same here, Tim. Dry, settled and pleasantly warm weather is all I need at this time of year. Record-breaking heat has never been a pre-requisite for me.

Nice ECM heat never really leaves the South with another significant plume day 9. 21c 850s in the SE

The cooling next weekend has been showing up as a likely scenario but the timing is open to debate. It wouldn't surprise me if Saturday turned out to be the hottest day in the south. A reload of the heat next week also looks increasingly likely.

A bit of proper summer heat here would certainly be useful for getting my garden & grass dried out, Brian. Aside from Friday just gone and the brief hot spell circa 25th June, we have had virtually no notable heat in this part of the world since late May/early June.

wow! I’m envious David! Our lawn here is parched and brown! And our allotment is a dust bowl...

Looks like a heat downgrade on the 0z output

Hot 850 wise ECM but an easterly sets in day 6 so its a case of June 2019 again.

NW Scotland could see some record breaking temperatures if ECM + 216 hours occurs.

Yes. Maybe 30-32c on Saturday and Sunday. But not the silly stuff. Still, 32c is bad enough.

All attention on the end of this week. Will we get the downgrade already indicated early yesterday for Scotland? If the heat wave doesn't come off, there will a lot of red faces - and not from the temperature!

GFS  - Quite vigorous westerlies until a ridge of HP establishes Azores - Norway sat 8th but UK more on the edge of this  (and the associated plume)than yesterday; ridge persists but with col over UK at times until ca Wed 12th when the Norway end collapses and then disappears from UK Sun 16th though suggestions of a return in the day or two after that.

GEFS - very warm in the S until Wed 12th (though not as extreme as yesterday and the op is a cold outlier) - back to normal to Wed 19th with control this time being a cold outlier. Not much rain and that sporadic. Scotland similar profile but with less agreement between runs  and a few big spikes of rainfall esp Sat 9th.

ECM - holds that HP ridge further north so UK is still in the warm region, and also makes more of the slack low pressure between the HP centred iin Norway and Atlantic (to Thu 13th)

Not sure about that. GFSP shows 36C this Friday. I still think Saturday is the day to watch.

I know not good for you but Friday and Saturday still look like 35c days at least for the SE.

Arpege has 32c this morning for Thursday I'd expect it to show 35c later when Friday comes into view for it.

I think the set-up we had on Friday with a warm front to the north of Scotland and a cold front over Ireland created the conditions which were ideal for very high temperatures that day. I'm not so sure about a repeat performance at the end of this week, as yesterday the BBC forecast was predicting a cold front to move SE over England once the associated band of rain clears away from Scotland.

From that chart, the very high temperatures (34°C +) appear to be forecast over a wider area than last week, from Dorset to The Wash.

ECM op looks in furnace territory. I think end of week heat and reload are the form horse. Anything above 30'c is hot in my book

The GFS is very bizarre on 2m temps. Goes from high 20s/low 30s on Saturday in my neck of the woods to 16c on Sunday.
If that happens, I will eat my hat.

It's 'cos heavy rain is in that model with wbts between 16 and 18 degrees at 3pm. It's still a pretty warm air mass.

It does- with 2 days of 20C uppers over Devon & Cornwall.

Adding: just looking at the GFS ENS options coming into view; fewer hot outcomes for a couple of days (roughly Sunday to Tuesday) but still with a mean in the S of about 26, before the isobar alignment adjusts again about Wednesday, allowing more of the 15C + 850s to reach us.

Ens mean up a couple of degrees as a result, with the majority favouring a return to heat.